Skip to content

Students Matter bills

6 bills match.

California

  • Community colleges: housing: local zoning regulations: exemption.California · AB 648 · Last action Oct 6, 2025This bill would provide that a community college district is not required to comply with the zoning ordinances of a city, county, or city and county, for a university housing development project constructed on property owned or leased by a community college district if specific requirements are met.Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 378, Statutes of 2025.Enacted law
  • Density bonuses.California · SB 1227 · Last action Sep 29, 2018This bill would additionally require a density bonus to be provided to a developer that agrees to construct a housing development in which all units in the development will be used for students enrolled full-time at an institution of higher education accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges or the Accrediting Commission for Community…Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 937, Statutes of 2018.Enacted law
  • Transit Pass Pilot Program: free or reduced-fare transit passes.California · AB 17 · Last action Jan 12, 2018This bill would, upon an appropriation of moneys from the Public Transportation Account by the Legislature, create the Transit Pass Pilot Program to be administered by the department to provide free or reduced-fare transit passes, directly or through a 3rd party, including a transit agency, to specified pupils and students by supporting new, or expanding…Latest action: Stricken from file.Vetoed
  • Workforce development: Binational Education and Workforce Opportunities Act.California · SB 705 · Last action Jul 8, 2021This bill would require the department and the California Workforce Development Board, in consultation with the California-Mexico Border Relations Council, to jointly form a study group of subject matter experts in specified fields to analyze unique challenges and opportunities arising from the presence of a large binational student population and…Latest action: From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Session ended
  • Free student transit passes: eligibility for state funding.California · AB 2176 · Last action Feb 27, 2020This bill would require transit agencies to offer free student transit passes to persons attending the California Community Colleges, the California State University, or the University of California in order to be eligible for state funding under the Mills-Alquist-Deddeh Act, the State Transit Assistance Program, or the Low Carbon Transit Operations Program.Latest action: Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and HIGHER ED.Session ended

Listed by relevance and date. A bill is not a law.

Everything 52 holds under “Students Matter”: lobbying, money and profiles