---
type: "Bill"
title: "Mental health: veterans."
description: "Mental health: veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 3083"
citation: "California AB 3083 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Mental health: veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 28
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2008-03-13"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e8baeb6-d529-4c9b-bcb3-dfec0dc2ff5d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083"
source_hash: "32fbf893c09110faaf000fb3fefbc90519c9ba10d215eb2f90bff5a2ab11a626"
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 3083 (20072008) — Mental health: veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/13/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083&version=20070AB308399INT)
2. **04/10/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083&version=20070AB308398AMD)
3. **04/22/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083&version=20070AB308397AMD)
4. **05/23/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083&version=20070AB308396AMD)
5. **07/02/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083&version=20070AB308395AMD)
6. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083&version=20070AB308393CHP)
7. **AB3083** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083)
8. **08/21/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB3083&version=20070AB308394ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Health. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 3083 V. A. Assembly Third Reading By SALAS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 3083 V. A. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By SALAS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #36 AB3083 Committee on V. A. (Salas) — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)
- Cook — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Sharon Runner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-03-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-14** From printer. May be heard in committee April 13.
- **2008-04-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Health and Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Re-referred. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-16** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 4687.)
- **2008-04-21** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 17). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-05-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-29** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5577.) `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 Veterans Affairs and Standing Committee on Health. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Health. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-01** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-07-02** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2008-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-08-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5064.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-15** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 17 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-18** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6619.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e8baeb6-d529-4c9b-bcb3-dfec0dc2ff5d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).