republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-436.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Community colleges: nonresident tuition."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law also authorizes the establishment of community college districts, and further authorizes the operation, by these districts, of community college campuses that offer instructional services throughout the state. Existing law authorizes community college districts to admit nonresident students, and requires community college districts to charge a tuition fee to nonresident students, with specified exceptions. Existing law, until July 1, 2022, exempts from the nonresident tuition fee students who attend Lake Tahoe Community College and who have residence in one of several designated communities in Nevada, as provided."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 436"
citation: "California SB 436 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Community colleges: nonresident tuition."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dahle"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2021-02-16"
last_action: "2021-10-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e5dffdb-bd74-4494-9423-f29cca7a83b0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB436"
source_hash: "8e08e3c0725c5191958c50a05b9cd329495c3c2820593a65beb30749467fb6b2"
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 436 (20212022) — Community colleges: nonresident tuition.

Existing law establishes the California Community Colleges under the administration of the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges. Existing law also authorizes the establishment of community college districts, and further authorizes the operation, by these districts, of community college campuses that offer instructional services throughout the state. Existing law authorizes community college districts to admit nonresident students, and requires community college districts to charge a tuition fee to nonresident students, with specified exceptions. Existing law, until July 1, 2022, exempts from the nonresident tuition fee students who attend Lake Tahoe Community College and who have residence in one of several designated communities in Nevada, as provided.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB436&version=20210SB43699INT)
2. **08/26/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB436&version=20210SB43698AMD)
3. **10/06/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB436&version=20210SB43696CHP)
4. **SB436** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB436)
5. **09/08/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB436&version=20210SB43697ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB436 Dahle Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB436 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 436 Dahle Senate Third Reading By Bigelow — **76–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dahle — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Set for hearing March 10.
- **2021-03-10** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 668.) (March 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-11** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 569.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-03-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-13** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-06-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-26** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-26** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 2683.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-07** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2454.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2021-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 573, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e5dffdb-bd74-4494-9423-f29cca7a83b0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).