California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB2203: Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill.
Status: Chaptered, September 28, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Section 66025.4 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. public postsecondary education Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill…
From the chaptered text, September 28, 2026:
An act to add Section 66025.4 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. public postsecondary education Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill. Existing law establishes the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. The Donahoe Higher Education Act prohibits the campuses of those segments from charging mandatory systemwide tuition or fees to specified students who apply for a waiver, including a child of any veteran of the United States military who has a service-connected disability, has been killed in service, or has died of a service-connected disability, an undergraduate student who is a recipient of a Medal of Honor, or an undergraduate student who is a child of a recipient of a Medal of Honor and who is no more than 27 years of age, if certain requirements are satisfied. This bill would require the California State University and each community college district, and would request the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, commencing …
Sponsors
- David Tangipa (R, AD08) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5591.).
- : In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
- : Ordered to special consent calendar.
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).
- : In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Votes
- Special Consent AB2203 Tangipa By Grove (August 20, 2026): 39 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass (August 13, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 22, 2026): 4 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (June 10, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- AB 2203 Tangipa Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session (May 14, 2026): 77 yea, 0 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB2203?
- AB2203 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill.
- What does AB2203 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Section 66025.4 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. public postsecondary education Public postsecondary education: priority registration: veterans and dependents of veterans: federal GI Bill…
- What is the status of AB2203?
- Chaptered as of September 28, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 730, Statutes of 2026. (September 28, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB2203?
- David Tangipa (R, AD08).
- Where is the official record for AB2203?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2203
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