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CA AB 1346

enacted

Public postsecondary education: residency: dependents of members of the Armed Forces: reenrollments.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1346 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1346 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-28): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1346 about?

Existing law requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to require each campus in their respective systems to grant students the right to reenroll in their baccalaureate degree program after withdrawing or stopping out, if the student was in good academic standing with the university. Existing law establishes uniform student residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be paid by students of public postsecondary educational institutions. Existing law entitles a student to resident classification for the purpose of determining tuition and fees if the student is a member, or a natural or adopted child, stepchild, or spouse who is a dependent of a member, of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in the state on active duty, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a student who is attending, or has been admitted to, a public postsecondary educational institution from losing their resident classification if they are continuously enrolled at that institution and a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, even if that member is (1) thereafter transferred on military orders to a place outside this state where the member continues to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, or (2) thereafter retired as an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States. This bill would extend the prohibition against losing resident classification to those same student dependents of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who are granted the right to reenroll even if the member of the Armed Forces has been transferred out of state or has retired from active duty.

Who sponsors CA AB 1346?

DeMaio is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1346.

Description

Existing law requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to require each campus in their respective systems to grant students the right to reenroll in their baccalaureate degree program after withdrawing or stopping out, if the student was in good academic standing with the university. Existing law establishes uniform student residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be paid by students of public postsecondary educational institutions. Existing law entitles a student to resident classification for the purpose of determining tuition and fees if the student is a member, or a natural or adopted child, stepchild, or spouse who is a dependent of a member, of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in the state on active duty, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a student who is attending, or has been admitted to, a public postsecondary educational institution from losing their resident classification if they are continuously enrolled at that institution and a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, even if that member is (1) thereafter transferred on military orders to a place outside this state where the member continues to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, or (2) thereafter retired as an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States. This bill would extend the prohibition against losing resident classification to those same student dependents of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who are granted the right to reenroll even if the member of the Armed Forces has been transferred out of state or has retired from active duty.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-09-28 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • DeMaioauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-28

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 731, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-28

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-08

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-28

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-08-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-08-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  7. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  9. 2026-06-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  10. 2026-06-04

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  11. 2025-06-05

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  12. 2025-06-04

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A.

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-05-23

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2025-05-23

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1665.)

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  15. 2025-05-15

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  16. 2025-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  18. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  19. 2025-03-13

    Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and M. & V.A.

    referral-committee

  20. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

    reading-1

  21. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  22. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Jackson: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-29 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Valencia: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-05-14 · pass · 15-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes

  • AB 1346 DeMaio Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-23 · pass · 71-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Bryan: other
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Schultz: other
    • Sanchez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Wicks: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-03 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Choi: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-22 · pass · 4-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Grove: other

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