republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2722.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program."
description: "Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for the receipt of awards under those programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law establishes the Military Department, which includes the California National Guard, the California State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia, to perform various duties regarding the state militia."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2722"
citation: "California AB 2722 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Medina"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-15"
last_action: "2018-09-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e9d3e6f-620d-4048-8057-c36fc38a23aa"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722"
source_hash: "ad5f54109b260670e02fcfb1366601d4b92148c9e8d7f4056cb34156a0fd687a"
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 2722 (20172018) — Student financial aid: California Military Department GI Bill Award Program.

Existing law establishes various student financial aid programs under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, and establishes eligibility requirements for the receipt of awards under those programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. Existing law establishes the Military Department, which includes the California National Guard, the California State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia, to perform various duties regarding the state militia.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722&version=20170AB272299INT)
2. **04/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722&version=20170AB272298AMD)
3. **06/20/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722&version=20170AB272297AMD)
4. **09/19/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722&version=20170AB272295CHP)
5. **AB2722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722)
6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2722&version=20170AB272296ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2722 MEDINA Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2722 MEDINA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2722 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Medina — primary (person)
- Newman — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2018-03-08** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-16** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5490.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-06-20** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2018-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-06** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5704.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6819.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e9d3e6f-620d-4048-8057-c36fc38a23aa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).