republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-88.md

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Bill	Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.	Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards, the Cal Grant B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 88	California AB 88 (20252026)	bill	CalGrants MiddleClassScholarshipProgram Studentfinancialaid dependentsofmembersofthearmedservicesstationedoutsideofCalifornia eligibility	enacted	Ta	4	22	8	2025-01-06	2025-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/8cb4be71-8c73-4843-8cdc-b9079c8ff5fc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB88	c3837e5e21c3b868a32a7271dfb14073e693ddedbdfda6d0775e5bd4dfdd517a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 88 (20252026) — Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.

Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards, the Cal Grant B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the Student Aid Commission.

Version chain

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

1. 01/06/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/11/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB88 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/08/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent AB88 Ta et al. By Seyarto — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 88 Ta Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ta — primary (person)
• Alanis — coauthor (person)
• Choi — coauthor (person)
• Davies — coauthor (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Jeff Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Sanchez — coauthor (person)
• Seyarto — principal coauthor (person)
• Wilson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-07 From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.
• 2025-02-03 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2025-03-19 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-03-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2055.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-05 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-18 Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). 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
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-09-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-04 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2025-09-11 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 608, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cb4be71-8c73-4843-8cdc-b9079c8ff5fc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).