republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-669.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: residency requirements."
description: "Existing law establishes the segments of public postsecondary education in the state, including the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes uniform residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid by students. Existing law establishes various exceptions to these uniform residency requirements, including, but not limited to, exceptions for a student who has been entirely self-supporting and actually present in California for more than one year immediately preceding the residence determination date, as specified, and for a student who is a full-time employee of an institution or of any state agency who is assigned to work outside of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 669"
citation: "California AB 669 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: residency requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fong"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/807a52bd-0902-4c40-ab8f-cb8d82ae779a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB669"
source_hash: "c4d79667d7b8bca47691b84b8457b084cff3e260ff78d1af06f4eebc429ab8d0"
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 669 (20092010) — Postsecondary education: residency requirements.

Existing law establishes the segments of public postsecondary education in the state, including the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law establishes uniform residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid by students. Existing law establishes various exceptions to these uniform residency requirements, including, but not limited to, exceptions for a student who has been entirely self-supporting and actually present in California for more than one year immediately preceding the residence determination date, as specified, and for a student who is a full-time employee of an institution or of any state agency who is assigned to work outside of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB669&version=20090AB66999INT)
2. **09/03/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB669&version=20090AB66998AMD)
3. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB669&version=20090AB66996CHP)
4. **AB669** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB669)
5. **09/16/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB669&version=20090AB66997ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 669 FONG Consent Calendar Second Day — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB669 Fong By Liu — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 669 FONG Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fong — primary (person)
- Liu — principal coauthor (person)
- Portantino — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2009-03-23** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-07** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1466.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on RLS. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-25** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-07-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-15** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2009-08-17** Ordered to third reading.
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2291.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-09** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2009-09-10** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3265.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 251, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/807a52bd-0902-4c40-ab8f-cb8d82ae779a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).