republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-164.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: priority registration for Tribal TANF recipients."
description: "(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at the campuses they operate and maintain. Existing law requires each community college district that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to any student who is a recipient of aid under the CalWORKs program, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 164"
citation: "California SB 164 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: priority registration for Tribal TANF recipients."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McGuire"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2017-01-19"
last_action: "2017-07-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/96f57a29-3946-4428-a308-ae408961bb82"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB164"
source_hash: "40cfcf6eb7e143a5a641b71c91dc4deeeca3d8389a19bb40d661ac6fda26b2c0"
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 SB 164 (20172018) — Public postsecondary education: priority registration for Tribal TANF recipients.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges, under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. Existing law establishes community college districts throughout the state, and authorizes these districts to provide instruction at the campuses they operate and maintain. Existing law requires each community college district that administers a priority enrollment system to grant priority in that system for registration for enrollment to any student who is a recipient of aid under the CalWORKs program, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/19/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB164&version=20170SB16499INT)
2. **07/21/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB164&version=20170SB16497CHP)
3. **SB164** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB164)
4. **07/10/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB164&version=20170SB16498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB164 McGuire et al. — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 164 McGuire Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McGuire — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Wood — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-19** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 19.
- **2017-02-02** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-23** Set for hearing March 8.
- **2017-03-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 327.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-24** Set for hearing April 3.
- **2017-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 585.) (April 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 642.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-18** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2473.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-07-06** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2017-07-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-07-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 97, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/96f57a29-3946-4428-a308-ae408961bb82`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).