California 2003-2004 Regular Session Status: To Executive Bipartisan · 1 D · 1 R cosponsors

SB 279 — Public postsecondary education: excuse of tuition and fees.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 32, Statutes of 2004.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.

This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 32, Statutes of 2004.

  2. Approved by Governor.

  3. Enrolled. To Governor at 10 a.m.

  4. Urgency clause adopted. Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3172.) To enrollment.

  5. To Special Consent Calendar.

  6. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4884.) To Senate.

  7. In Senate. To unfinished business.

  8. Read third time. Amended. To third reading.

  9. From inactive file to third reading file.

  10. Notice of motion to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Frommer.

  11. Placed on inactive file on request of Assembly Member La Malfa.

  12. Read third time. Amended. To third reading.

  13. Read third time. Amended. To third reading.

  14. From Consent Calendar to third reading.

  15. Read second time. To Consent Calendar.

  16. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 23. Noes 0.)

  17. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.

  18. Hearing postponed by committee.

  19. Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  20. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.

  21. To Standing Committee on Higher Education.

  22. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1063.) To Assembly.

  23. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  24. Read second time. To third reading. To Special Consent Calendar.

  25. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 1019.)

  26. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to committee.

  27. Set for hearing May 19.

  28. Hearing postponed by committee.

  29. Set, first hearing. Failed passage in committee. (Ayes 0. Noes 1. Page 694.) Reconsideration granted.

  30. Set for hearing May 5.

  31. Set for hearing April 28.

  32. From committee: Do pass, but first be re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 429.) Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations.

  33. Set for hearing April 2.

  34. To Standing Committee on Education.

  35. From print. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  36. Introduced. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. To print.

Sponsors

  • Berg · Cosponsor
  • Koretz · Cosponsor
  • Maze · Cosponsor
  • Chesbro · Primary
  • Denham · Cosponsor
  • Dutton · Cosponsor
  • Hancock · Cosponsor
  • Eloise Gómez Reyes · Cosponsor
  • Tony Strickland · Cosponsor
  • La Malfa · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 9 co-sponsors · 112 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

  • Chesbro

Co-sponsors (9)

Not signed on (112)

112 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

special consent cale sb279 chesbro

Passed 34 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33006
Republican 1000
Total 34006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Cedillo — Not Voting
Ackerman — Yea
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Burton — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Figueroa — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
Machado — Yea
Margett — Yea
McClintock — Yea
McPherson — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Murray — Yea
Oller — Yea
Perata — Yea
Poochigian — Yea
Scott — Yea
Sher — Yea
Soto — Yea
Speier — Yea
Vasconcellos — Yea
Battin — Not Voting
Brulte — Not Voting
Knight — Yea
Escutia — Not Voting
Ortiz — Not Voting
Vincent — Not Voting
Denham — Yea
Romero — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Florez — Yea
Johnson, Natasha Republican Yea

Official roll call →

sb 279 chesbro third reading urgency by la malfa

Passed 73 Yea · 0 Nay · 12 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 670012
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 730012
% of votes cast 86%0%0%14%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Aghazarian — Yea
Dutton — Yea
Berg — Yea
Bermudez — Yea
Canciamilla — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Harman — Yea
Cohn — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Horton — Yea
Houston — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Keene — Yea
Koretz — Yea
La — Yea
La — Yea
Suer — Yea
Leslie — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Longville — Yea
Maddox — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Maze — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Mountjoy — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Parra — Yea
Plescia — Yea
Richman — Yea
Runner — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Samuelian — Yea
Spitzer — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Bogh — Not Voting
Campbell — Not Voting
Chan — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Firebaugh — Not Voting
Lowenthal — Not Voting
Montanez — Not Voting
Corbett — Not Voting
Leno — Yea
Liu — Not Voting
McLeod — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Oropeza — Not Voting
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinberg — Not Voting
Vargas — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Bates — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Levine — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Simitian — Not Voting
Wolk — Yea
Correa — Yea
Cox — Yea
Yee — Not Voting
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

sb 279 chesbro senate third reading by la malfa amend by la malfa set #1

Passed 81 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 75103
Democratic 5000
Republican 1000
Total 81103
% of votes cast 95%1%0%4%
How each member voted (85)
Member Party Vote
Hancock — Yea
Chu — Yea
Aghazarian — Yea
Corbett — Yea
Correa — Yea
Berg — Yea
Bermudez — Yea
Bogh — Yea
Campbell — Yea
Canciamilla — Yea
Chan — Yea
Chavez — Yea
Cohn — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Dutra — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Frommer — Yea
Garcia — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Wyland — Yea
Yee — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Jerome — Yea
Horton — Yea
Shirley — Yea
Horton — Yea
Houston — Yea
Keene — Yea
Koretz — Yea
La — Yea
La — Yea
Suer — Yea
Leslie — Yea
Lieber — Yea
Longville — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
Maddox — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Maze — Yea
McCarthy — Yea
Montanez — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Nakano — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Parra — Yea
Plescia — Yea
Richman — Yea
Runner — Yea
Salinas — Yea
Samuelian — Yea
Spitzer — Yea
Wesson — Yea
Mountjoy — Nay
Harman — Yea
Firebaugh — Not Voting
Cox — Not Voting
Kehoe — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Oropeza — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Bates — Yea
Benoit — Yea
Levine — Not Voting
Maldonado — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Cogdill — Yea
Dutton — Yea
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Laird, John Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

do pass, to consent calendar.

Passed 24 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 22001
Democratic 2000
Total 24001
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (25)
Member Party Vote
Corbett — Yea
Berg — Yea
Daucher — Yea
Diaz — Yea
Goldberg — Yea
Haynes — Yea
Nation — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Nunez — Yea
Runner — Yea
Samuelian — Yea
Firebaugh — Not Voting
McLeod — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Wiggins — Yea
Bates — Yea
Leno — Yea
Maldonado — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Correa — Yea
Yee — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Pacheco, Blanca Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 11 Yea · 0 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 8002
Democratic 2000
Republican 1000
Total 11002
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (13)
Member Party Vote
Berg — Yea
Bogh — Yea
Dymally — Yea
Matthews — Yea
Nakanishi — Yea
Negrete — Yea
Shirley — Not Voting
Horton — Not Voting
Liu — Yea
McLeod — Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
Lowenthal, Josh Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Yea

Official roll call →

special consent #11 sb279 chesbro

Passed 37 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 36000
Republican 1000
Total 37000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (37)
Member Party Vote
Cedillo — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Ackerman — Yea
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Denham — Yea
Battin — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Brulte — Yea
Burton — Yea
Knight — Yea
Dunn — Yea
Figueroa — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Kuehl — Yea
Machado — Yea
Margett — Yea
McClintock — Yea
McPherson — Yea
Morrow — Yea
Murray — Yea
Oller — Yea
Ortiz — Yea
Perata — Yea
Poochigian — Yea
Scott — Yea
Sher — Yea
Soto — Yea
Vasconcellos — Yea
Vincent — Yea
Ducheny — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Aanestad — Yea
Hollingsworth — Yea
Torlakson — Yea
Florez — Yea
Johnson, Natasha Republican Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 10 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10000
Total 10000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (10)
Member Party Vote
Alpert — Yea
Battin — Yea
Bowen — Yea
Burton — Yea
Karnette — Yea
Murray — Yea
Poochigian — Yea
Speier — Yea
Ashburn — Yea
Aanestad — Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Failed 0 Yea · 1 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 0100
Total 0100
% of votes cast 0%100%0%0%
How each member voted (1)
Member Party Vote
Alpert — Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations.

Passed 12 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 12000
Total 12000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (12)
Member Party Vote
Alarcon — Yea
Alpert — Yea
Karnette — Yea
McPherson — Yea
Scott — Yea
Sher — Yea
Speier — Yea
Vasconcellos — Yea
Vincent — Yea
Denham — Yea
Knight — Yea
Chesbro — Yea

Official roll call →

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Frequently asked questions

Who sponsors SB 279?
SB 279 is sponsored by Berg, Koretz, Maze, Chesbro, Denham, Dutton, Hancock, Reyes, Eloise Gómez (Democratic), Strickland, Tony (Republican), and La Malfa.
What is the current status of SB 279?
This bill died with 2003-2004 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
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