---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: homeless veterans."
description: "Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has specified powers and duties relating to various programs serving veterans, including establishing housing projects."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 663"
citation: "California SB 663 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans: homeless veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2012-08-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d8146e4-fcd2-4800-a582-45d5d30b249c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663"
source_hash: "93b7f6d72ff2ebdf065ea262535dc1b48c59ad8e7afbd5426c051894eccaadaf"
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 SB 663 (20112012) — Veterans: homeless veterans.

Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has specified powers and duties relating to various programs serving veterans, including establishing housing projects.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663&version=20110SB66399INT)
2. **01/04/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663&version=20110SB66398AMD)
3. **01/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663&version=20110SB66397AMD)
4. **01/24/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663&version=20110SB66396AMD)
5. **08/29/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663&version=20110SB66394CHP)
6. **SB663** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663)
7. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB663&version=20110SB66395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 663 Correa Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-01-06** Set for hearing January 10.
- **2012-01-12** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2649.) (January 10). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-01-14** Set for hearing January 17.
- **2012-01-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 2669.) (January 17). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-01-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-01-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2722.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-01-26** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-04-19** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5966.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-16** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2012-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2012-08-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-08-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 217, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d8146e4-fcd2-4800-a582-45d5d30b249c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).