Skip to main content
Independent and nonpartisan. SaveYourState is a civic information resource. It is not a government website and is not affiliated with any government agency, party, or campaign.

California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 167: Higher education budget trailer bill.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 167 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Higher education budget trailer bill. Primary sponsor: Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review. Most recent recorded action (August 30, 2026): Ordered to third reading.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

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

Existing law prohibits a student who will be 28 years of age or older by December 31 of an award year from receiving a California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Award except, from the 2026–27 award year to the 2030–31 award year, inclusive, existing law instead prohibits a student who will be 30 years of age or older by December 31 of an award year from receiving a California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Award.

This bill instead would prohibit, from the 2027–28 award year to the 2031–32 award year, inclusive, a student who will be 30 years of age or older by December 31 of an award year from receiving a California Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Award.

Existing law establishes the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program, under the administration of the Student Aid Commission, for licensed attorneys who practice or agree to practice in public interest areas of the law, as defined, and who meet established eligibility criteria. Existing law requires loan repayment of the eligible participant to be made to the lender, as provided.

This bill would authorize loan repayment under the Public Interest Attorney Loan Repayment Program to also be made to the participant, and would make related and conforming changes.

Existing law requires the office of the Chancellor of the California State University to annually develop, and to report on or before February 15 of each year, to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, and the Department of Finance enrollment targets and related data for each California State University campus, as provided.

This bill would instead require the chancellor’s office to report the enrollment targets and related data on or before March 15 of each year.

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Committee on Budget and Fiscal ReviewPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)Senate—

“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. Ordered to third reading.
  2. (Ayes 56. Noes 19. Page 6855.)
  3. Withdrawn from committee pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
  4. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  5. Referred to Com. on BUDGET.
  6. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  7. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 452.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. Ordered to second reading.
  10. Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 384.)
  11. Referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
  12. From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 23.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page