Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meets equivalent requirements adopted by the Regents of the University of California, and that the student be enrolled in an instructional program, as defined, or, commencing with the 2020–21 academic year, a graduate program.
California SB 633 (20232024) — California DREAM Loan Program: DREAM grants.
Existing law establishes the California DREAM Loan Program, which provides a student attending a participating campus of the University of California or California State University with a loan, referred to as a DREAM loan, if the student satisfies specified requirements, including a requirement that the student be exempt from paying nonresident tuition or meets equivalent requirements adopted by the Regents of the University of California, and that the student be enrolled in an instructional program, as defined, or, commencing with the 2020–21 academic year, a graduate program.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 633 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Bonta — 65–11 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 32–5 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gonzalez — primary (person)
Alvarez — coauthor (person)
Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Garcia — coauthor (person)
Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2023-03-21 Set for hearing April 12.
2023-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 682.) (April 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
2023-05-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2023-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 1076.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2023-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-06-28 June 28 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2023-09-01 Coauthors revised.
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 65. Noes 11. Page 3012.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-07 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 622, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0395478a-7814-41d0-8900-3d276c4c66ab. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).