Public postsecondary education: priority registration: members and former members of the Armed Forces of the United States and State Guard.

Header changed from Senate/Assembly passage format to formal chaptered bill format with Chapter 146 number, Governor approval date of August 27, 2026, and 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' designation.

Page headers changed from 'SB 892' to 'Ch. 146' throughout the document.

Section 2(e)(1) definition of 'Armed Forces of the United States' was corrected from garbled text ('including the California National Guard, the California Naval Militia, and the California State Guard, and the California Naval Militia. Guard.') to a clean list: 'including the California National Guard, the California Naval Militia, and the California State Guard.'

Standard enrolled-bill procedural markings added: Senate passage date (April 30, 2026), Assembly passage date (August 13, 2026), Governor's approval line, and Secretary/Clerk signatures.

Line numbers, the REVISIONS note, and the vote/appropriation/fiscal committee summary block were removed as part of standard enrolled-bill formatting.

Section 66025.8(a) no longer limits priority registration to four academic years after the member has left state or federal active duty. The time limit was removed entirely, so eligible military members and veterans can use priority registration for any academic term attended at a covered institution.

In Section 66025.8(e), the list of California forces included in the definition of 'Armed Forces of the United States' was reordered: California Naval Militia now appears before California State Guard (previously State Guard came second). No forces were added or removed.

Additional coauthors were added: Senators Archuleta and Ochoa Bogh, and Assembly Members Alanis and Patel joined the original coauthor list.

The definition of 'Armed Forces of the United States' in Section 2 (the new section operative July 1, 2027) is expanded to explicitly include the California State Guard and the California Naval Militia, in addition to the previously listed California National Guard.

The legislative digest was revised to add a clarifying sentence specifying that the removed 15-year limitation refers to the provision limiting priority registration to 4 academic years after leaving active duty for use within 15 years of leaving active duty.