---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: claims."
description: "Veterans: claims."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 2268"
citation: "California AB 2268 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans: claims."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Samuelian"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2004-02-19"
last_action: "2004-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5a154d1-c7b9-4503-b769-62f9d86adeaf"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268"
source_hash: "4c6e2d60e14cdafc54b59dd2f6ffa297572ac7d32135303c062e018ba49a2071"
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 2268 (20032004) — Veterans: claims.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226899INT)
2. **05/12/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226898AMD)
3. **05/24/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226897AMD)
4. **06/17/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226896AMD)
5. **06/22/04 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226895AMD)
6. **07/27/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226894AMD)
7. **09/27/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226892CHP)
8. **AB2268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268)
9. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB2268&version=20030AB226893ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab2268 samuelian — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 2268 samuelian concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 2268 samuelian assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Samuelian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 804, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7619.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 5123.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2004-08-16** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended. (Page 4963.)
- **2004-08-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-05** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended. (Page 4779.) Re-referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-07-27** Referred to Standing Committee on Rules From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-07-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 3. Page 6645.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-21** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-06-17** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2004-05-24** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. Re-referred to Com. on V. A. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file. Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-05-13** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-04-14** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-01** Referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2004-02-19** 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/c5a154d1-c7b9-4503-b769-62f9d86adeaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).