Public postsecondary education: residency: dependents of members of the Armed Forces: reenrollments.

Children Education Parental Rights

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: DeMaio
Last action: 2026-06-04
Official status: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific enforcement mechanisms for the bill.

Helping Military Families Keep Resident Status for College

This law helps children and spouses of military members keep their resident status at California public colleges even if the military member is transferred out of state or retires.

What This Bill Does

Keeps college students who are dependents of active-duty military members from losing their resident status when they reenroll after a break in studies.
Applies to both the University of California and California State University systems.
Ensures that these students do not lose resident classification if their parent or guardian is transferred out of state on military orders or retires.

Who It Names or Affects

Dependents of active-duty military members in California
Students at University of California and California State University systems

Terms To Know

Resident classification: The status that determines if a student pays lower tuition rates as a resident of the state.
Dependent: A person who relies on another for financial support, such as a child or spouse.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if the student is no longer in good academic standing.
It only applies to public postsecondary educational institutions in California.
There are no details on how this will be enforced or monitored by schools.

Bill History

2026-06-04 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 3). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
2025-06-05 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-04 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on ED. and M. & V.A.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-05-23 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1665.)
2025-05-15 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
2025-05-14 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
2025-04-30 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-09 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
2025-03-13 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and M. & V.A.
2025-02-24 California Legislative Information
Read first time.
2025-02-22 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-21 California Legislative Information
Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1346, as introduced, DeMaio.
Public postsecondary education: residency: dependents of members of the Armed Forces: reenrollments.
Existing law requires the California State University, and requests the University of California, to require each campus in their respective systems to grant students the right to reenroll in their baccalaureate degree program after withdrawing or stopping out, if the student was in good academic standing with the university.
Existing law establishes uniform student residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be paid by students of public postsecondary educational institutions. Existing law entitles a student to resident classification for the purpose of determining tuition and fees if the student is a member, or a natural or adopted child, stepchild, or spouse who is a dependent of a member, of the Armed Forces of the United States stationed in the state on active duty, except as specified.
Existing law prohibits a student who is attending, or has been admitted to, a public postsecondary educational institution from losing their resident classification if they are continuously enrolled at that institution and a dependent of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States, even if that member is (1) thereafter transferred on military orders to a place outside this state where the member continues to serve in the Armed Forces of the United States, or (2) thereafter retired as an active member of the Armed Forces of the United States.
This bill would extend the prohibition against losing resident classification to those same student dependents of a member of the Armed Forces of the United States who are granted the right to reenroll even if the member of the Armed Forces has been transferred out of state or has retired from active duty.

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