CA AB 313
enactedStudent financial aid: application deadlines: extension.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 313 pass?
Yes. CA AB 313 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 313 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. Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards, the Cal Grant B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the commission. Existing law also establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program under the commission's administration. Existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. The eligibility requirements under these programs and other financial aid programs administered by the commission include meeting various application deadlines. Existing law requires the commission to grant a postponement of an application deadline of up to 30 calendar days for any financial aid program administered by the commission pursuant to a formal request, as provided. Existing law authorizes the commission to grant a postponement of an application deadline of up to an additional 30 calendar days, without submission of a formal request, if the commission finds that a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States has occurred. This bill would additionally authorize the commission to grant the above-described postponement of an application deadline without submission of a formal request if the commission finds that there was a delay in the opening of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, as declared by the commission.
Who sponsors CA AB 313?
Ortega is the primary sponsor of CA AB 313, joined by 3 cosponsors.
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. Existing law, the Cal Grant Program, establishes the Cal Grant A Entitlement Awards, the Cal Grant B Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Expanded Entitlement Awards, the California Community College Transfer Entitlement Awards, the Competitive Cal Grant A and B Awards, the Cal Grant C Awards, and the Cal Grant T Awards under the administration of the commission. Existing law also establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program under the commission's administration. Existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under these programs for participating students attending qualifying institutions. The eligibility requirements under these programs and other financial aid programs administered by the commission include meeting various application deadlines. Existing law requires the commission to grant a postponement of an application deadline of up to 30 calendar days for any financial aid program administered by the commission pursuant to a formal request, as provided. Existing law authorizes the commission to grant a postponement of an application deadline of up to an additional 30 calendar days, without submission of a formal request, if the commission finds that a state of emergency declared by the Governor or the President of the United States has occurred. This bill would additionally authorize the commission to grant the above-described postponement of an application deadline without submission of a formal request if the commission finds that there was a delay in the opening of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, as declared by the commission.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-10
- Latest action
- 2025-07-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Ortegaauthor
- Cervantesprincipal coauthor
- Alvarezcoauthor
- Fongcoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-07-14
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 31, Statutes of 2025.
became-law
2025-07-14
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-07-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
executive-receipt
2025-07-03
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-27
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-06-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1808.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-24
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-06-23
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-06-11
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) . Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-05-20
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-05-14
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2025-05-01
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-05-01
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1386.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-04-24
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 23).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-19
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-03-19
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-11
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2025-03-10
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
2025-02-18
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2025-01-24
From printer. May be heard in committee February 23.
2025-01-23
Read first time. To print.
reading-1
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-03-18 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Boerner: yes
- Essayli: yes
- Patel: yes
- Jackson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-04-23 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Hart: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 313 Ortega Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-01 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Krell: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Lee: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Ta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Flora: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Soria: yes
- Patel: yes
- Haney: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Davies: yes
- Berman: yes
- McKinnor: other
- Papan: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-06-11 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Gonzalez: other
Consent Calendar 2nd AB313 Ortega et al.
2025-06-27 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Ashby: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Laird: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Limón: yes
- Choi: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Niello: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Becker: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Allen: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Stern: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: other
- Reyes: other
AB 313 Ortega Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-07-03 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Hoover: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Davies: yes
- Caloza: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Krell: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Addis: yes
- Solache: yes
- Haney: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Lee: other
- Chen: other
- Arambula: other
- Flora: other
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Zbur: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Soria: yes
- Hart: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ta: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Papan: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gallagher: yes
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