CA AB 2345
in committeeStudent loans: medical, nursing, social work, and social welfare students: California Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Program.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 2345 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 2345 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-04-20): In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
What is CA AB 2345 about?
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. This bill would establish the California Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Program, under the administration of the commission, for the purpose of providing eligible students, as defined, with access to the same level of financial assistance toward the cost of attendance at an accredited medical or nursing school, or at a school's accredited social work or social welfare program, that was available on or before January 20, 2025, through federal direct unsubsidized loans and federal direct grad PLUS loans. The bill would require the commission to establish an application process and would require the loans issued under the program to have equivalent financial terms as the federal Direct PLUS Loans, as those terms existed on January 20, 2025, except for changes that the commission determines to be necessary to administer the program. The bill would create the Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Fund in the State Treasury.
Who sponsors CA AB 2345?
Bains is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2345.
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. This bill would establish the California Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Program, under the administration of the commission, for the purpose of providing eligible students, as defined, with access to the same level of financial assistance toward the cost of attendance at an accredited medical or nursing school, or at a school's accredited social work or social welfare program, that was available on or before January 20, 2025, through federal direct unsubsidized loans and federal direct grad PLUS loans. The bill would require the commission to establish an application process and would require the loans issued under the program to have equivalent financial terms as the federal Direct PLUS Loans, as those terms existed on January 20, 2025, except for changes that the commission determines to be necessary to administer the program. The bill would create the Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Fund in the State Treasury.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-24
- Latest action
- 2026-04-20 — In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- Bill type
- bill
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Bainsauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-04-20
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
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2026-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-03-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-09
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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