republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-1920.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: California College Promise: fee waiver eligibility."
description: "Existing law establishes the California College Promise, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each community college meeting prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college to use that funding to waive some or all of the fees for 2 academic years for first-time community college students and returning community college students, as defined, who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent, or less for students certified as \"full time,\" as specified, and who complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or a California Dream Act application, except that a student who has previously earned a degree or certificate from a postsecondary educational institution is not eligible for this fee waiver."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 1920"
citation: "California AB 1920 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CaliforniaCollegePromise", "Communitycolleges", "feewaivereligibility"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark González"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-12"
last_action: "2026-06-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9942a5b-89a4-4e07-9e81-607ae1908f35"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1920"
source_hash: "826326b9fd06ec74cd3af46c1b3ba4a42f006a07c3c6cd109d3d00db9ed0dd38"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1920 (20252026) — Community colleges: California College Promise: fee waiver eligibility.

Existing law establishes the California College Promise, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each community college meeting prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college to use that funding to waive some or all of the fees for 2 academic years for first-time community college students and returning community college students, as defined, who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent, or less for students certified as "full time," as specified, and who complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or a California Dream Act application, except that a student who has previously earned a degree or certificate from a postsecondary educational institution is not eligible for this fee waiver.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/12/26 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1920&version=20250AB192099INT)
2. **AB1920** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1920)
3. **06/22/26 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1920&version=20250AB192098ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1920 Mark González et al. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1920 Mark González Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mark González — primary (person)
- Ahrens — author (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2026-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2026-03-02** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Coauthors revised.
- **2026-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4998.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2026-05-20** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2026-06-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2026-06-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2026-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2026-06-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2026-06-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2026-06-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2026-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-06-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2026. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9942a5b-89a4-4e07-9e81-607ae1908f35`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).