republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-882.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans and military: public postsecondary education."
description: "Existing law establishes uniform student residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid by students at public institutions of higher education in the state. Existing law entitles an undergraduate student who is a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in this state on active duty to resident classification for purposes of determining the amount of tuition and fees. Existing law entitles a graduate student, under the same circumstances, to resident classification for no more than one academic year, after which he or she is subject to the general provisions otherwise establishing student residency requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 882"
citation: "California AB 882 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans and military: public postsecondary education."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1f95249d-ff37-4855-91c9-2e2788b7b271"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882"
source_hash: "39156340694b1fa4916762933f0d5d27c7001e1438b75f4003959dcb97212733"
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 882 (20112012) — Veterans and military: public postsecondary education.

Existing law establishes uniform student residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid by students at public institutions of higher education in the state. Existing law entitles an undergraduate student who is a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in this state on active duty to resident classification for purposes of determining the amount of tuition and fees. Existing law entitles a graduate student, under the same circumstances, to resident classification for no more than one academic year, after which he or she is subject to the general provisions otherwise establishing student residency requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882&version=20110AB88299INT)
2. **04/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882&version=20110AB88298AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882&version=20110AB88297AMD)
4. **06/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882&version=20110AB88296AMD)
5. **08/30/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882&version=20110AB88295AMD)
6. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882&version=20110AB88293CHP)
7. **AB882** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882)
8. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB882&version=20110AB88294ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 882 COOK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #9 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 882 COOK Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Blumenfield — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-14** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-25** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1746.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2320.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2978.)
- **2011-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3009.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1f95249d-ff37-4855-91c9-2e2788b7b271`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).