AB 2345 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Student loans: medical, nursing, social work, and social welfare students: California Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Program.

Summary

Existing law establishes the Student Aid Commission as the primary state agency for the administration of state-authorized student financial aid programs available to students attending all segments of postsecondary education. This bill would establish the California Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Program, under the administration of the commission, for the purpose of providing eligible students, as defined, with access to the same level of financial assistance toward the cost of attendance at an accredited medical or nursing school, or at a school's accredited social work or social welfare program, that was available on or before January 20, 2025, through federal direct unsubsidized loans and federal direct grad PLUS loans. The bill would require the commission to establish an application process and would require the loans issued under the program to have equivalent financial terms as the federal Direct PLUS Loans, as those terms existed on January 20, 2025, except for changes that the commission determines to be necessary to administer the program. The bill would create the Health Care Workforce Supplemental Loan Fund in the State Treasury.

Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Floor Vote

Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Apr 20, 2026

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04/06/26 - Amended Assembly → AB2345 · 1 edit

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The bill text was reformatted from a print-style legislative document with line numbers and page headers into a web-based layout with navigation menus, search boxes, and different typographic structure. No policy content was altered.

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Committee

Amendments

Apr 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

lower

Apr 7, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

lower

Apr 6, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

lower

Mar 24, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors