---
type: "Bill"
title: "SSP benefits for veterans."
description: "SSP benefits for veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1978"
citation: "California AB 1978 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["SSP benefits for veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cedillo"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2000-02-18"
last_action: "2000-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0ce584b6-96da-4561-b54e-17ae6fba1407"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1978"
source_hash: "168de1c0210a312f6877a494dba8994039d215d4d20ea41df2668886c78d912f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1978 (19992000) — SSP benefits for veterans.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1978&version=19990AB197899INT)
2. **05/02/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1978&version=19990AB197898AMD)
3. **06/07/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1978&version=19990AB197897AMD)
4. **07/19/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1978&version=19990AB197895CHP)
5. **AB1978** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1978)
6. **07/06/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1978&version=19990AB197896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1978 CEDILLO 3RD READING URGENCY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1978 CEDILLO CONCURRENCE W/O REFERENCE TO FILE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB1978 Cedillo Vasconcellos Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Cedillo — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Ashburn — coauthor (person)
- Bock — principal coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cunneen — coauthor (person)
- Davis — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Hayden — coauthor (person)
- Honda — coauthor (person)
- Johnston — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Lempert — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Robert Pacheco — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Speier — coauthor (person)
- Strickland — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Villaraigosa — principal coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Zettel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 143, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2000-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7639.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-07-06** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 5475.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-06-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-06-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2000-06-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-06** Referred to Com. on H. & H.S. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6703.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (May 24). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-04** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-02** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 4). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-28** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2000-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2000-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0ce584b6-96da-4561-b54e-17ae6fba1407`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).