Who sponsors AB 1501?

AB 1501 is sponsored by Alejo, Alquist, Ammiano, Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, Atkins, Bonilla, Fletcher, Mitchell, Portantino, De León, Chesbro, Corbett, Davis, DeSaulnier, Dickinson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gordon, Gatto, Hall, Hancock, Hayashi, Hill, Hueso, Huffman, Huber, Lara, Ma, Monning, Pan, Pavley, Perea, Price, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, Fong, Mike (Democratic), Calderon, Lisa (Democratic), Lowenthal, Josh (Democratic), Williams, Yamada, Yee, Travis Allen, V. Manuel Pérez, and Roger Hernández.

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California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Passed Assembly 4 D cosponsors

AB 1501 — Student financial aid: Middle Class Scholarship Program.

Last action September 01, 2012 — (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5122.)

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Passed Assembly
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Passed Senate
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To Executive
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Enacted

This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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Summary

(1) Existing law provides for a public postsecondary education system in this state. This system consists of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes these institutions to require that mandatory systemwide fees, among other fees, be paid by students at these institutions. This bill would establish the Middle Class Scholarship Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. The bill would provide that, commencing with the 2012â€“13 fiscal year, undergraduate students enrolled at the University of California or the California State University would receive a scholarship grant award credit that, combined with other publicly funded student financial aid, as defined, received by an eligible student, would be 60% of the amount charged that student for mandatory systemwide fees in that fiscal year if the student meets the following conditions: annual household income does not exceed $150,000; is a resident of this state or exempt from paying nonresident tuition; files specified financial aid forms; makes timely application or applications for publicly funded student financial aid, as defined, for which he or she is eligible; and meets prescribed eligibility requirements of the Cal Grant Program, except as specified, and attains at least a 2.0 high school or community college grade point average. The bill would provide that a student whose annual household income exceeds $150,000, and who otherwise meets the requirements, would receive a scholarship grant award credit that is reduced in accordance with prescribed calculations. The bill would require, in order for students enrolled in their respective segments to remain eligible to receive financial aid under the bill, the University of California and the California State University to maintain their respective institutional need-based grant programs at a level that, at a minimum, is equivalent to the level maintained during the 2011â€“12 fiscal year. The bill would continuously appropriate from the General Fund $150,000,000 to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts based on calculations of full-time equivalent credit, to be expended, after consultation with student representatives as specified, for the provision of scholarship grants to students to reduce the impact of enrollment fees or to help cover the cost of textbooks and other educational expenses. The bill would require the Student Aid Commission to report the amount of the scholarship grant award credit for each student to the Franchise Tax Board, and to report the aggregate amount of scholarship grant award credits to the Department of Finance. The bill would authorize the Student Aid Commission to determine if sufficient funding is available for purposes of the bill in the 2012â€“13 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, and would further authorize the commission to reduce scholarships proportionately if it determines that sufficient funding is not available. (2) Existing law establishes the continuously appropriated Tax Relief and Refund Account, and provides that payments required to be made to taxpayers or other persons from the Personal Income Tax Fund are to be paid from that account. This bill, for fiscal years beginning with the 2012â€“13 fiscal year, would authorize an amount equal to a qualified student's scholarship grant award credit under the Middle Class Scholarship Program, as determined by the Student Aid Commission pursuant to the bill, to be refunded from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, thereby making an appropriation. (3) This bill would become operative only if AB 1500 of the 2011â€“12 Regular Session is chaptered. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Bill Text

Amended 08/31/12 - Amended Senate Current pdf August 31, 2012
Amended 08/24/12 - Amended Senate pdf August 24, 2012
Amended 08/21/12 - Amended Senate pdf August 21, 2012
Amended 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly pdf May 25, 2012
Amended 02/09/12 - Amended Assembly pdf February 09, 2012
Introduced 01/10/12 - Introduced pdf January 10, 2012
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Action History

September 01, 2012
(Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5122.)
September 01, 2012
Ordered to third reading.
September 01, 2012
Withdrawn from committee.
August 31, 2012
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS.
August 31, 2012
Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5066.)
August 31, 2012
(Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 5066.)
August 31, 2012
Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
August 27, 2012
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 24, 2012
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 21, 2012
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
August 20, 2012
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16).
August 06, 2012
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
June 28, 2012
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 14, 2012
Referred to Com. on ED.
May 31, 2012
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 30, 2012
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 5102.).
May 29, 2012
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 25, 2012
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
May 25, 2012
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 25).
May 16, 2012
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
May 01, 2012
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
February 17, 2012
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
February 13, 2012
Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
February 09, 2012
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended.
February 09, 2012
Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
January 11, 2012
From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
January 10, 2012
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 61 co-sponsors · 60 not signed on · 4 voted No

Sponsors (1)

V. Manuel Pérez

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Votes

Do pass as amended.

August 16, 2012

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	5	2	0	0
Total	5	2	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Dutton	—	Nay
Walters	—	Nay
Alquist	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea

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Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

August 06, 2012

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	7	0	0	0
Total	7	0	0	0
% of votes cast	100%	0%	0%	0%

How each member voted (7)

Member	Party	Vote
Dutton	—	Yea
Kehoe	—	Yea
Price	—	Yea
Alquist	—	Yea
Lieu	—	Yea
Steinberg	—	Yea
Walters	—	Yea

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

June 27, 2012

Passed 6 Yea · 1 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	1	0	3
Total	6	1	0	3
% of votes cast	60%	10%	0%	30%

How each member voted (10)

Member	Party	Vote
Hancock	—	Not Voting
Lowenthal	—	Yea
Runner	—	Not Voting
Huff	—	Nay
Alquist	—	Yea
Liu	—	Yea
Simitian	—	Yea
Blakeslee	—	Not Voting
Price	—	Yea
Vargas	—	Yea

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AB 1501 PÉREZ, J. Third Reading Urgency

May 30, 2012

Passed 55 Yea · 20 Nay · 5 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	54	18	0	5
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Republican	0	2	0	0
Total	55	20	0	5
% of votes cast	69%	25%	0%	6%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Gordon	—	Yea
Gorell	—	Yea
Halderman	—	Not Voting
Hall	—	Yea
Butler	—	Yea
Carter	—	Yea
Cedillo	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Furutani	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Gatto	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Alejo	—	Yea
Ammiano	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Huffman	—	Yea
Ma	—	Yea
Perea	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Smyth	—	Yea
Swanson	—	Yea
Williams	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Fletcher	—	Not Voting
Garrick	—	Nay
Hagman	—	Nay
Harkey	—	Nay
Campos	—	Yea
Conway	—	Nay
Cook	—	Not Voting
Donnelly	—	Nay
Jeffries	—	Nay
Lara	—	Yea
Logue	—	Nay
Mendoza	—	Not Voting
Miller	—	Nay
Morrell	—	Nay
Nestande	—	Nay
Solorio	—	Yea
Valadao	—	Not Voting
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Achadjian	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Brownley	—	Yea
Buchanan	—	Yea
Hayashi	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Knight	—	Nay
Mansoor	—	Nay
Monning	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Nay
Norby	—	Nay
Olsen	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Silva	—	Nay
Torres	—	Yea
Wagner	—	Nay
Chesbro	—	Yea
Eng	—	Yea
Feuer	—	Yea
Davis	—	Yea
Dickinson	—	Yea
John A. Pérez	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bonilla	—	Yea
Yamada	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Beth Gaines	—	Nay
Bill Berryhill	—	Nay
Bonnie Lowenthal	—	Yea
Roger Hernández	—	Yea
V. Manuel Pérez	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Nay
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Nay

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Do pass as amended.

May 25, 2012

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	11	5	0	0
Democratic	1	0	0	0
Total	12	5	0	0
% of votes cast	71%	29%	0%	0%

How each member voted (17)

Member	Party	Vote
Campos	—	Yea
Fuentes	—	Yea
Gatto	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Donnelly	—	Nay
Ammiano	—	Yea
Norby	—	Nay
Solorio	—	Yea
Wagner	—	Nay
Blumenfield	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Harkey	—	Nay
Lara	—	Yea
Nielsen	—	Nay
Davis	—	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea

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

May 01, 2012

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	1
Total	8	0	0	1
% of votes cast	89%	0%	0%	11%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Galgiani	—	Yea
Huber	—	Yea
Fong	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Lara	—	Yea
Miller	—	Not Voting
Olsen	—	Yea
Achadjian	—	Yea
Block	—	Yea

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Subjects

taxation education

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1501 do?: (1) Existing law provides for a public postsecondary education system in this state. This system consists of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes these institutions to require that mandatory systemwide fees, among other fees, be paid by students at these institutions. This bill would establish the Middle Class Scholarship Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. The bill would provide that, commencing with the 2012â€“13 fiscal year, undergraduate students enrolled at the University of California or the California State University would receive a scholarship grant award credit that, combined with other publicly funded student financial aid, as defined, received by an eligible student, would be 60% of the amount charged that student for mandatory systemwide fees in that fiscal year if the student meets the following conditions: annual household income does not exceed $150,000; is a resident of this state or exempt from paying nonresident tuition; files specified financial aid forms; makes timely application or applications for publicly funded student financial aid, as defined, for which he or she is eligible; and meets prescribed eligibility requirements of the Cal Grant Program, except as specified, and attains at least a 2.0 high school or community college grade point average. The bill would provide that a student whose annual household income exceeds $150,000, and who otherwise meets the requirements, would receive a scholarship grant award credit that is reduced in accordance with prescribed calculations. The bill would require, in order for students enrolled in their respective segments to remain eligible to receive financial aid under the bill, the University of California and the California State University to maintain their respective institutional need-based grant programs at a level that, at a minimum, is equivalent to the level maintained during the 2011â€“12 fiscal year. The bill would continuously appropriate from the General Fund $150,000,000 to the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges for allocation to community college districts based on calculations of full-time equivalent credit, to be expended, after consultation with student representatives as specified, for the provision of scholarship grants to students to reduce the impact of enrollment fees or to help cover the cost of textbooks and other educational expenses. The bill would require the Student Aid Commission to report the amount of the scholarship grant award credit for each student to the Franchise Tax Board, and to report the aggregate amount of scholarship grant award credits to the Department of Finance. The bill would authorize the Student Aid Commission to determine if sufficient funding is available for purposes of the bill in the 2012â€“13 fiscal year and subsequent fiscal years, and would further authorize the commission to reduce scholarships proportionately if it determines that sufficient funding is not available. (2) Existing law establishes the continuously appropriated Tax Relief and Refund Account, and provides that payments required to be made to taxpayers or other persons from the Personal Income Tax Fund are to be paid from that account. This bill, for fiscal years beginning with the 2012â€“13 fiscal year, would authorize an amount equal to a qualified student's scholarship grant award credit under the Middle Class Scholarship Program, as determined by the Student Aid Commission pursuant to the bill, to be refunded from the Tax Relief and Refund Account, thereby making an appropriation. (3) This bill would become operative only if AB 1500 of the 2011â€“12 Regular Session is chaptered. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Who sponsors AB 1501?: AB 1501 is sponsored by Alejo, Alquist, Ammiano, Beall, Block, Blumenfield, Bradford, Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, Atkins, Bonilla, Fletcher, Mitchell, Portantino, De León, Chesbro, Corbett, Davis, DeSaulnier, Dickinson, Eng, Evans, Feuer, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gordon, Gatto, Hall, Hancock, Hayashi, Hill, Hueso, Huffman, Huber, Lara, Ma, Monning, Pan, Pavley, Perea, Price, Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, Fong, Mike (Democratic), Calderon, Lisa (Democratic), Lowenthal, Josh (Democratic), Williams, Yamada, Yee, Travis Allen, V. Manuel Pérez, and Roger Hernández.
What is the current status of AB 1501?: This bill died with 2011-2012 Regular Session. It reached “Passed Assembly” 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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At a glance

Identifier: AB 1501
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2011-2012 Regular Session
Type: Bill, Appropriation
Introduced: January 10, 2012
Status: Passed Assembly
Prime sponsor: V. Manuel Pérez

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Summary

Bill Text

Action History

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (61)

Not signed on (60)

Votes

Do pass as amended.

Placed on Appropriations Suspense file.

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

AB 1501 PÉREZ, J. Third Reading Urgency

Do pass as amended.

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

Subjects

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