---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public employment: veterans."
description: "Public employment: veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3065"
citation: "California AB 3065 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public employment: veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2008-03-05"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf822cea-7b62-4dbb-964f-9a8b10a52dad"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3065"
source_hash: "51159713b331b3ef151e3d0ef134ca523909958d44e38f8af4ee87c53a37771a"
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 3065 (20072008) — Public employment: veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/05/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3065&version=20070AB306599INT)
2. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3065&version=20070AB306597CHP)
3. **AB3065** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3065)
4. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3065&version=20070AB306598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #35 AB3065 Committee on V. A. (Salas) — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3065 V. A. Assembly Third Reading By SALAS — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-03-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-07** Action rescinded whereby the bill was reported from committee on April 2.
- **2008-04-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security and Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** Received Friday, April 18, 2008 pursuant to Joint Rule 61(a)(5).
- **2008-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5553.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employment and Retirement and Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4853.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 590, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bf822cea-7b62-4dbb-964f-9a8b10a52dad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).