BILL ANALYSIS Ó
------------------------------------------------------------
|SENATE RULES COMMITTEE | AB 882|
|Office of Senate Floor Analyses | |
|1020 N Street, Suite 524 | |
|(916) 651-1520 Fax: (916) | |
|327-4478 | |
------------------------------------------------------------
THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 882
Author: Cook (R) and Blumenfield (D)
Amended: 8/30/11 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE : 7-0, 6/28/11
AYES: Correa, Cannella, Berryhill, Calderon, Negrete
McLeod, Rubio, Lieu
NO VOTE RECORDED: Runner
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE : 9-0, 8/25/11
AYES: Kehoe, Walters, Alquist, Emmerson, Lieu, Pavley,
Price, Runner, Steinberg
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 6/1/11 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT : Veterans and military: benefits and services
SOURCE : Author
DIGEST : This bill amends state law to conform with
federal law granting a member of the Armed Forces, or
his/her dependent, as provided, entitlement to resident
classification for so long as he/she is continuously
enrolled at that institution, and requests the Regents of
the University of California to establish the same
residency requirements as those established by this bill
for students enrolled at the University of California.
ANALYSIS : Existing law:
CONTINUED
AB 882
Page
2
1. Establishes uniform student residency requirements for
purposes of ascertaining the amount of fees to be paid
by students at public institutions of higher education
in the state.
2. Entitles an undergraduate student who is a dependent of
a member of the Armed Forces of the United States
stationed in this state on active duty to resident
classification for purposes of determining the amount of
tuition and fees.
3. Entitles a graduate student, under the same
circumstances, to resident classification for no more
than one academic year, after which he/she is subject to
the general provisions otherwise establishing student
residency requirements.
4. Allows a student dependent of a member of the Armed
Forces to keep his/her resident classification until
he/she has resided in the state for the minimum time
necessary to become a resident in the event the member
of the Armed Forces upon whom they are dependent is
transferred outside of the state or retires as an active
member of the Armed Forces.
5. Grants a member of the Armed Forces who is stationed
in the state on active duty, except a member assigned
for educational purposes to a state-supported
institution of higher education, to resident
classification for tuition purposes. A member of the
Armed Forces seeking a graduate degree is entitled to
resident classification for no more than two academic
years.
6. Establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs (DVA)
within state government and sets forth its powers and
duties, including, but not limited to, administration of
veterans benefits programs. Also, existing law
establishes within the DVA, the Veterans Services
Division.
7. Establishes the California Veterans Board within the
DVA and sets forth its powers and duties, including, but
CONTINUED
AB 882
Page
3
not limited to its power to determine operational policy
for the DVA.
8. Authorizes the Employment Development Department (EDD)
to enter into interagency agreements with counties that
elected to participate in a specified program.
Federal law prohibits a state receiving federal assistance
under the Higher Education Opportunity Act from charging a
higher rate for attendance at a public institution of
higher education than is charged to residents of the state
to a member of the Armed Forces who is on active duty for
more than 30 days and whose domicile or permanent duty
station is in the state, or to his/her spouse or dependent
child. Existing federal law requires that the rate
continue to apply so long as the member or his/her spouse
or dependent child is continuously enrolled at the
institution, notwithstanding a subsequent change in the
permanent duty station of the member to a location outside
of the state.
FISCAL EFFECT : Appropriation: No Fiscal Com.: Yes
Local: Yes
Unknown with latest amendment.
ASSEMBLY FLOOR : 76-0, 6/1/11
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall,
Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford,
Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Charles Calderon, Campos,
Carter, Cedillo, Chesbro, Conway, Cook, Davis, Dickinson,
Donnelly, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani,
Beth Gaines, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Grove, Hagman,
Halderman, Hall, Harkey, Hayashi, Roger Hernández, Hill,
Huber, Hueso, Huffman, Jones, Knight, Lara, Logue, Bonnie
Lowenthal, Ma, Mansoor, Mendoza, Miller, Mitchell,
Monning, Morrell, Nestande, Nielsen, Norby, Olsen, Pan,
Perea, Portantino, Silva, Skinner, Smyth, Solorio,
Swanson, Torres, Valadao, Wagner, Wieckowski, Williams,
Yamada, John A. Pérez
NO VOTE RECORDED: Garrick, Gorell, Jeffries, V. Manuel
Pérez
CONTINUED
AB 882
Page
4
RM:kc 8/30/11 Senate Floor Analyses
SUPPORT/OPPOSITION: NONE RECEIVED
**** END ****
CONTINUED