SB 135: Higher education budget trailer bill.

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

(1)Existing law establishes the California Cradle-to-Career Data System to be a source for actionable data and research on education, economic, and health outcomes for individuals, families, and communities, and to provide for expanded access to tools and services that support the navigation of the education-to-employment pipeline. Existing law defines “data providers” as the entities that submit the individual, educational, academic, training, employment, social service, health, and other information used to create the data system.

This bill would require the data providers, and would request the University of California, to enter into memoranda of understanding for data sharing purposes for implementation of the data system.

(2)Existing law establishes the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program to provide one-time grants for the construction of student housing, or for the acquisition and renovation of commercial properties into student housing for the purpose of providing affordable, low-cost housing options for students enrolled in public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires, as a condition of receiving these funds, the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges to, from the receipt of funds to completion of a project and following completion of a project for a 5-year period, report by July 1 annually to the Department of Finance and the relevant policy and budget committees of the Legislature with information on the status of the project or the public benefit provided by the project, as applicable.

This bill would require this information to be provided by February 1 rather than July 1, together with an annual report provided for in existing law on student housing data, if applicable.

(3)Existing law requires the office of the Chancellor of the California State University and the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, and requests the office of the President of the University of California, to require each of their respective campuses that provide campus-owned, campus-operated, or campus-affiliated student housing to collect and post on its external and internal internet websites, data on student housing, and to submit an annual report with that information to the Legislature, as specified.

This bill would require the above-described annual report to be submitted together with certain information required to be provided pursuant to the Higher Education Student Housing Grant Program.

Sponsors

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

1. July 13, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 79, Statutes of 2026.
2. July 13, 2026Approved by the Governor.
3. July 1, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
4. June 29, 2026Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 5071.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
5. June 29, 2026Unanimous consent granted to take up without reference to file.
6. June 29, 2026In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
7. June 29, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 5904.) Ordered to the Senate.
8. June 29, 2026Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 14. Page 5891.)
9. June 29, 2026Withdrawn from committee pursuant to Asssembly Rule 96.
10. June 26, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
11. March 24, 2025Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
12. March 20, 2025In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.