CA SB 632
vetoedCommunity colleges: California College Promise.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 632 pass?
No. CA SB 632 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-09-20): In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
What is CA SB 632 about?
Existing law establishes the California College Promise, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each community college meeting prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college to use that funding to waive some or all of the fees for 2 academic years for first-time community college students and returning community college students, as defined, who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent, or fewer for students certified as "full time" by a staff person in the disabled student services program, as specified, and who complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or a California Dream Act application, except as provided. This bill would instead require, for purposes of eligibility for the California College Promise, that students be enrolled in 9 or more, rather than 12 or more, semester units or the equivalent, or fewer for a student certified as eligible, based on a commitment by the student that is analogous to the 9-semester-unit or equivalent workload, by a staff person in the disabled student services program. The bill would additionally require, as a condition of receiving funding for the California College Promise, community colleges to provide a written notification to initial recipients of the California College Promise that includes specified information related to the 2 academic years of eligibility for the California College Promise.
Who sponsors CA SB 632?
Arreguín is the primary sponsor of CA SB 632, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the California College Promise, under the administration of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, to provide funding, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to each community college meeting prescribed requirements. Existing law authorizes a community college to use that funding to waive some or all of the fees for 2 academic years for first-time community college students and returning community college students, as defined, who are enrolled in 12 or more semester units or the equivalent, or fewer for students certified as "full time" by a staff person in the disabled student services program, as specified, and who complete and submit either a Free Application for Federal Student Aid or a California Dream Act application, except as provided. This bill would instead require, for purposes of eligibility for the California College Promise, that students be enrolled in 9 or more, rather than 12 or more, semester units or the equivalent, or fewer for a student certified as eligible, based on a commitment by the student that is analogous to the 9-semester-unit or equivalent workload, by a staff person in the disabled student services program. The bill would additionally require, as a condition of receiving funding for the California College Promise, community colleges to provide a written notification to initial recipients of the California College Promise that includes specified information related to the 2 academic years of eligibility for the California College Promise.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-20
- Latest action
- 2026-09-20 — In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Arreguínauthor
- : Ahrenscoauthor
- Celeste Rodriguezcoauthor
- Sharp-Collinscoauthor
- Ahrenscoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-20
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-09-20
Vetoed by the Governor.
executive-veto
2026-09-08
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2026-08-30
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 2.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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2026-08-26
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.)
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2026-08-26
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 5924.)
committee-passage
2026-08-25
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-08-25
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
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2026-08-25
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 5725.) Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-08-24
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-24
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-24
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6387.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-19
Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-19
Read third time and amended.
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
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2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-24
Coauthors revised.
2026-06-15
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2026-06-10
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
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2025-06-16
Referred to Com. on INS.
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2025-06-05
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 1518.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1207.) (May 23).
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2025-05-23
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-16
Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-28
April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-17
Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-10
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 739.) (April 9).
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2025-03-26
Set for hearing April 9.
2025-03-05
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2025-02-21
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-09 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-04-28 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Seyarto: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
Do pass
2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Dahle: other
3rd Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 22-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Durazo: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Limón: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Laird: yes
- Jones: no
- Valladares: no
- Strickland: no
- Seyarto: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Choi: no
- Dahle: no
- Niello: no
- Grove: no
- Reyes: other
- Weber Pierson: other
- Rubio: other
- Grayson: other
- Richardson: other
- Blakespear: other
- Becker: other
- Cabaldon: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Patel: yes
- Fong: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Muratsuchi: other
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