CA SB 968
enactedCommunity colleges: San Mateo County Community College District.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 968 pass?
Yes. CA SB 968 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-06-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 34, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 968 about?
Existing law, until July 1, 2028, authorizes the San Mateo County Community College District to adopt a policy that uses local unrestricted general funds to provide fee waivers to students with the greatest financial need when other fee waivers are not provided to those students, as specified. Existing law authorizes the San Mateo County Community College District to use local unrestricted general funds, in addition to funding received under the California College Promise, to provide assistance to students for the total cost of attendance, as defined, only for students who reside within the boundary of the community college district. This bill would delete the repeal date, thereby extending the San Mateo County Community College District's authority to adopt the above-described policy indefinitely. The bill would also repeal an obsolete reporting requirement. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Mateo County Community College District.
Who sponsors CA SB 968?
Becker is the primary sponsor of CA SB 968, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, until July 1, 2028, authorizes the San Mateo County Community College District to adopt a policy that uses local unrestricted general funds to provide fee waivers to students with the greatest financial need when other fee waivers are not provided to those students, as specified. Existing law authorizes the San Mateo County Community College District to use local unrestricted general funds, in addition to funding received under the California College Promise, to provide assistance to students for the total cost of attendance, as defined, only for students who reside within the boundary of the community college district. This bill would delete the repeal date, thereby extending the San Mateo County Community College District's authority to adopt the above-described policy indefinitely. The bill would also repeal an obsolete reporting requirement. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the San Mateo County Community College District.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-03
- Latest action
- 2026-06-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 34, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Beckerauthor
- Bermancoauthor
- Papancoauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-06-29
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 34, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-06-29
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-06-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-06-18
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
committee-passage
2026-06-18
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 5762.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-06-11
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-10
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 9).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-04
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-03-26
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2026-03-26
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3699.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-03-19
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-03-18
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3599.) (March 18).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-03-05
Set for hearing March 18.
2026-02-11
Referred to Com. on ED.
referral-committee
2026-02-04
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
2026-02-03
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
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Votes
Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar
2026-03-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd SB968 Becker et al.
2026-03-26 · pass · 37-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Niello: yes
- Becker: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grove: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Choi: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Allen: yes
- Limón: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Jones: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Stern: other
- Blakespear: other
- Reyes: other
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-06-09 · pass · 10-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Jackson: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Fong: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Patel: yes
SB 968 Becker Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-06-18 · pass · 63-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Fong: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Addis: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Berman: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Hart: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Solache: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Chen: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gipson: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alvarez: other
- Ellis: other
- Haney: other
- Johnson: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Flora: other
- Papan: other
- Dixon: other
- Patel: other
- Tangipa: other
- McKinnor: other
- Bains: other
- Soria: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Wicks: other
- Ramos: other
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