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SB-307 • 2026

Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.

Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Cervantes
Last action
2025-10-12
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 668, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details on how the policies will be implemented beyond requiring a systemwide policy for course grades, administrative withdrawal, and reenrollment.

Rules for Colleges on Immigration Enforcement

This law requires California State University and requests the University of California to implement additional precautionary measures to protect undocumented students from immigration enforcement issues.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Trustees of the California State University to adopt a systemwide policy addressing course grades, administrative withdrawal, and reenrollment for undocumented students affected by federal immigration enforcement activities.
  • Requests the Regents of the University of California to do the same as the California State University Trustees regarding precautionary measures.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Undocumented students at California State University campuses.
  • Undocumented students at the University of California campuses.

Terms To Know

undocumented student
A student who is studying in a college or university but does not have legal permission to be in the United States.
financial aid
Money given by colleges and universities to help students pay for their education.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies to California State University and University of California campuses.
  • It does not cover community college districts or independent institutions, even if they receive Cal Grant funding.
  • The exact details on how these policies will be implemented are left up to the universities.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-12 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 668, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-12 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-22 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. 2025-09-11 California Legislative Information

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2926.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 8. Page 3065.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. 2025-07-17 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-07-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.) (July 16).

  9. 2025-07-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  10. 2025-06-26 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  11. 2025-06-25 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 24).

  12. 2025-06-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD.

  13. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  14. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 3. Page 1387.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  15. 2025-05-13 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  16. 2025-05-12 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  17. 2025-05-02 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 12.

  18. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 939.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  19. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 865.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  20. 2025-04-17 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.

  21. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  22. 2025-04-04 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 23.

  23. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

  24. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  25. 2025-02-19 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  26. 2025-02-11 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.

  27. 2025-02-10 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 307, Cervantes.
Public postsecondary education: immigration enforcement.
Existing law requires the Trustees of the California State University, the governing boards of community college districts, and independent institutions of higher education that are qualifying institutions for purposes of the Cal Grant Program, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to the fullest extent consistent with state and federal law, to implement various precautionary measures when federal immigration enforcement activities are undertaken on campuses of those segments, as specified. Existing law requires those precautionary measures to include, among other measures, that in the event that an undocumented student is detained, deported, or is unable to attend to their academic requirements due to the action of an immigration officer in relation to a federal immigration order, as specified, a requirement that the college or university make all reasonable
efforts to assist the student in retaining any eligibility for financial aid, fellowship stipends, and exemptions from nonresident tuition fees, among other benefits the student has been awarded or received, and a requirement that the student be permitted to reenroll if and when the student is able to return to the college or university.
This bill would require the Trustees of the California State University, and would request the Regents of the University of California, to implement additional precautionary measures, including, among others, requiring adoption of a systemwide policy addressing
course grades, administrative withdrawal, and reenrollment for undocumented students who are unable to attend their courses by the final drop date due to immigration enforcement activity, as specified.

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