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type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 88"
citation: "California AB 88 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CalGrants", "MiddleClassScholarshipProgram", "Studentfinancialaid", "dependentsofmembersofthearmedservicesstationedoutsideofCalifornia", "eligibility"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ta"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-01-06"
last_action: "2025-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cb4be71-8c73-4843-8cdc-b9079c8ff5fc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB88"
source_hash: "c3837e5e21c3b868a32a7271dfb14073e693ddedbdfda6d0775e5bd4dfdd517a"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB88&version=20250AB8899INT)
2. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB88&version=20250AB8897CHP)
3. **AB88** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB88)
4. **09/08/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB88&version=20250AB8898ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **90** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **140** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB88 Ta et al. By Seyarto — **390** (pass) · upper
- AB 88 Ta Assembly Third Reading — **780** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cb4be71-8c73-4843-8cdc-b9079c8ff5fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).