republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-587.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student Aid Commission: membership."
description: "Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission, with prescribed membership, including 3 public members, as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 587"
citation: "California AB 587 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["StudentAidCommission", "membership"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Davies"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-02-12"
last_action: "2025-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa1874c2-48a4-485a-86d4-e8cae3c13ceb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587"
source_hash: "28c2d222f589e2dcfb14707d5184c9f0d021a17782f63d4112c33e00cd1c4d06"
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 587 (20252026) — Student Aid Commission: membership.

Existing law establishes the 15-member Student Aid Commission, with prescribed membership, including 3 public members, as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587&version=20250AB58799INT)
2. **02/27/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587&version=20250AB58798AMD)
3. **05/07/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587&version=20250AB58797AMD)
4. **09/03/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587&version=20250AB58796AMD)
5. **10/10/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587&version=20250AB58794CHP)
6. **AB587** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587)
7. **09/16/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB587&version=20250AB58795ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB587 Davies By Seyarto — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 587 Davies Assembly Third Reading — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 587 Davies Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Davies — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2025-02-24** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-02-28** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-07** Read second time and amended pursuant to Assembly Rule 69. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1648.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-04** Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-19** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2025-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-08-25** From Consent Calendar.
- **2025-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-04** 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 2796.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3396.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2025-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 561, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa1874c2-48a4-485a-86d4-e8cae3c13ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).