Public postsecondary education: tuition and fees: Team USA student athletes.

Legislative status

1. Introduced
2. In Committee
3. Reported by Committee
4. Floor Vote Scheduled
5. Passed One Chamber
6. Passed Both Chambers
7. Sent to Executive
8. Enacted

Summary

The bill lets student athletes who train in California elite programs approved by the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee be treated as state residents for tuition at public colleges and universities, but the provision ends on July 1, 2032 and is repealed in 2033. It also removes a separate rule that would have given the same tuition status to amateur athletes at the Chula Vista Olympic Training Center. The measure includes a reimbursement clause if the state incurs mandated costs.

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Vote

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5322.) · May 26, 2026

Hearings

• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Aug 13, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Jun 29, 2026
• Education Committee Hearing
  Education · Jun 17, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · May 14, 2026
• Appropriations Committee Hearing
  Appropriations · Apr 29, 2026

History

1. Jun 3, 2026Referred to Com. on ED.
2. May 27, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
3. May 26, 2026Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.)
4. May 18, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
5. May 14, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).
6. Apr 29, 2026In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
7. Apr 15, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
8. Apr 15, 2026Coauthors revised.
9. Mar 9, 2026Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
10. Feb 21, 2026From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
11. Feb 20, 2026Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Mike Fong (D) · sponsor
• Alanis
• Fong
• Gonzalez
• Harabedian
• McKinnor
• Richardson
• Rubio
• Sanchez
• Schiavo
• Schultz
• Solache
• Zbur

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