republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-1887.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension."
description: "Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. If the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid is not available on or before October 1, 2023, existing law extends the application deadline for financial aid programs administered by the commission to April 2, 2024, for the 2024–25 award year only."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 1887"
citation: "California AB 1887 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Student financial aid", "application deadlines", "extension"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cervantes"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-03-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79e7de59-3403-43e7-82cc-4d54d1586931"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1887"
source_hash: "08f54330369d17f0fab09ae6bd779a3282f6b7b5099a5fd90d38a25b222ac5eb"
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 1887 (20232024) — Student financial aid: application deadlines: extension.

Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. If the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid is not available on or before October 1, 2023, existing law extends the application deadline for financial aid programs administered by the commission to April 2, 2024, for the 2024–25 award year only.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/22/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1887&version=20230AB188799INT)
2. **03/13/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1887&version=20230AB188798AMD)
3. **03/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1887&version=20230AB188796CHP)
4. **AB1887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1887)
5. **03/21/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1887&version=20230AB188797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1887 Cervantes By Wiener Urgency Clause — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1887 CERVANTES Third Reading Urgency — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cervantes — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-01-23** From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
- **2024-02-05** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-14** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4369.)
- **2024-03-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4393.)
- **2024-03-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-18** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 4393.)
- **2024-03-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 4394.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-03-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-03-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended.
- **2024-03-19** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-21** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3385.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-03-21** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-03-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-03-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 5, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79e7de59-3403-43e7-82cc-4d54d1586931`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).