Bill Commons

CA AB 88

enacted

Student financial aid: Cal Grants: Middle Class Scholarship Program: eligibility: dependents of members of the armed services stationed outside of California.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 88 pass?

Yes. CA AB 88 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 88 about?

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 Student Aid Commission. Existing law, the Cal Grant Reform Act, revises and recasts the provisions establishing and governing the existing Cal Grant Program into a new Cal Grant Program. Existing law specifies that the act becomes operative only if General Fund moneys over the multiyear forecasts beginning in the 2024–25 fiscal year are available to support ongoing augmentations and actions, and if funding is provided in the annual Budget Act to implement the act. Under either Cal Grant Program that is operative, existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under the program for participating students attending qualifying institutions, including, among others, California residency requirements, as provided. Existing law establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program (MCSP) under the administration of the commission. Existing law makes an undergraduate student eligible for a scholarship award under the MCSP if the student is enrolled at the University of California or the California State University, or enrolled in upper division coursework in a community college baccalaureate program, and meets certain eligibility requirements, including, among others, that the applicant meets the eligibility requirements for a Cal Grant. This bill would extend Cal Grant and MCSP eligibility to a student who was not a resident of California at the time of high school graduation or its equivalent but meets all other applicable eligibility requirements and is a dependent natural or adopted child, stepchild, or spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed outside of California on active duty, if the member of the Armed Forces of the United States otherwise maintains California as their state of legal residence. The bill also would make conforming changes.

Who sponsors CA AB 88?

Ta is the primary sponsor of CA AB 88, joined by 8 cosponsors.

Description

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 Student Aid Commission. Existing law, the Cal Grant Reform Act, revises and recasts the provisions establishing and governing the existing Cal Grant Program into a new Cal Grant Program. Existing law specifies that the act becomes operative only if General Fund moneys over the multiyear forecasts beginning in the 2024–25 fiscal year are available to support ongoing augmentations and actions, and if funding is provided in the annual Budget Act to implement the act. Under either Cal Grant Program that is operative, existing law establishes eligibility requirements for awards under the program for participating students attending qualifying institutions, including, among others, California residency requirements, as provided. Existing law establishes the Middle Class Scholarship Program (MCSP) under the administration of the commission. Existing law makes an undergraduate student eligible for a scholarship award under the MCSP if the student is enrolled at the University of California or the California State University, or enrolled in upper division coursework in a community college baccalaureate program, and meets certain eligibility requirements, including, among others, that the applicant meets the eligibility requirements for a Cal Grant. This bill would extend Cal Grant and MCSP eligibility to a student who was not a resident of California at the time of high school graduation or its equivalent but meets all other applicable eligibility requirements and is a dependent natural or adopted child, stepchild, or spouse of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed outside of California on active duty, if the member of the Armed Forces of the United States otherwise maintains California as their state of legal residence. The bill also would make conforming changes.

Introduced
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Latest action
2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Taauthor
  • Daviescoauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor
  • Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Sanchezcoauthor
  • Wilsoncoauthor
  • Choicoauthor
  • Alaniscoauthor
  • Seyartoprincipal coauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-10-11

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 608, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-10-11

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-11

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  7. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  8. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  9. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-07-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

  11. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.

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

  12. 2025-06-18

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

    referral-committee

  13. 2025-06-05

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

    reading-1,referral-committee

  14. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2055.)

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  15. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1,reading-2,reading-3

  16. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  17. 2025-04-09

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  18. 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

  19. 2025-03-19

    Coauthors revised.

  20. 2025-02-03

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

    referral-committee

  21. 2025-01-07

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 6.

  22. 2025-01-06

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

Documents

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.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

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

  • AB 88 Ta Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 78-0

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

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

    2025-07-02 · pass · 7-0

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

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

    2025-07-14 · pass · 5-0

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

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • Special Consent AB88 Ta et al. By Seyarto

    2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Reyes: other

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