---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: transition assistance."
description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 1509"
citation: "California AB 1509 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans: transition assistance."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2014-01-14"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a99e091-073b-4bac-ac14-738ac916fa79"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1509"
source_hash: "47ce7efa139bde4ae7e9fe0e1fed3b331da5323196237ccbd41e1a2b8e09b5d7"
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 1509 (20132014) — Veterans: transition assistance.

Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1509&version=20130AB150999INT)
2. **03/25/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1509&version=20130AB150998AMD)
3. **08/19/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1509&version=20130AB150997AMD)
4. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1509&version=20130AB150995CHP)
5. **AB1509** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1509)
6. **08/27/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB1509&version=20130AB150996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1509 Fox By Roth — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1509 FOX Assembly Third Reading — **64–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1509 FOX Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fox — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2014-01-23** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-03-26** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-30** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 5287.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-06-05** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-04** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2014-08-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-08-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4730.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 6397.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-05** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 647, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a99e091-073b-4bac-ac14-738ac916fa79`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).