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Bill	Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.	(1) The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. A provision of the act requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to annually report, on or before March 31, to the Legislature on their respective institutional financial aid programs. The act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 243	California AB 243 (20252026)	bill	Postsecondaryeducation juveniles studentfinancialaiddependencystatus	enacted	Ahrens	7	27	8	2025-01-14	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/142c6304-775a-465c-bedf-85716393ff48	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB243	b8d1300bb770ede2122f70c8f24e6b18d3248b72cea2ad38cdc91fa61ab6d926	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 243 (20252026) — Postsecondary education: student financial aid dependency status: juveniles.

(1) The Donahoe Higher Education Act establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. A provision of the act requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to annually report, on or before March 31, to the Legislature on their respective institutional financial aid programs. The act applies to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable.

Version chain

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

1. 01/14/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/12/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB243 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/15/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 243 Ahrens Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB243 Ahrens By Wahab — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 243 Ahrens Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ahrens — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-15 From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
• 2025-02-18 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-24 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1385.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-14 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-11 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 11). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-07-08 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-10 From Consent Calendar.
• 2025-07-10 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2797.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3289.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 610, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/142c6304-775a-465c-bedf-85716393ff48. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).