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type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: exemption from payment of nonresident tuition."
description: "(1) Existing law exempts a student, other than a person excluded from the term \"immigrant,\" as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if, among other conditions, the student has a total of 3 or more years of full-time attendance in certain California schools or attainment of equivalent credits earned while in those schools, as specified, or the student completes 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework in California and a total of 3 or more years of attendance in California elementary schools or California secondary schools. Existing law requires attendance in credit courses at a campus of the California Community Colleges counted toward meeting the 3-year requirement to not exceed 2 years of full-time attendance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1141"
citation: "California SB 1141 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: exemption from payment of nonresident tuition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-16"
last_action: "2022-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1d78ec08-51c4-488c-a1bd-432ed5403479"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141"
source_hash: "398f0496683e91c73a439bc54a8260549bbde47c5343b5472233d17ed84d316b"
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 1141 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: exemption from payment of nonresident tuition.
(1) Existing law exempts a student, other than a person excluded from the term "immigrant," as defined, from paying nonresident tuition at the California State University and the California Community Colleges if, among other conditions, the student has a total of 3 or more years of full-time attendance in certain California schools or attainment of equivalent credits earned while in those schools, as specified, or the student completes 3 or more years of full-time high school coursework in California and a total of 3 or more years of attendance in California elementary schools or California secondary schools. Existing law requires attendance in credit courses at a campus of the California Community Colleges counted toward meeting the 3-year requirement to not exceed 2 years of full-time attendance.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114199INT)
2. **08/15/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114198AMD)
3. **09/23/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114196CHP)
4. **SB1141** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141)
5. **09/01/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1141&version=20210SB114197ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB1141 Limón Concurrence — **328** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- SB 1141 Limón Senate Third Reading By Nazarian — **6111** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **52** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **298** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **124** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Limón — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-17** From printer.
- **2022-02-23** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Set for hearing March 30.
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3272.) (March 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-05** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2022-04-18** April 18 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2022-05-13** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3785.) (May 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3870.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-27** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-02** June 8 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 6199.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2022-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 5310.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 490, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1d78ec08-51c4-488c-a1bd-432ed5403479`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).