---
type: "Bill"
title: "Department of Veterans Affairs: use of real property."
description: "Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has specified powers and duties relating to various programs serving veterans. The department constitutes a public corporation that is authorized to hold property on behalf of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 585"
citation: "California AB 585 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Department of Veterans Affairs: use of real property."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fox"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d252f56d-3a98-4f2a-8fcd-8137ddd897c6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585"
source_hash: "9c712e472a62f9fda749534d299ac438dde74743b963fc81a6b46963679aba9f"
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 585 (20132014) — Department of Veterans Affairs: use of real property.

Under existing law, the Department of Veterans Affairs has specified powers and duties relating to various programs serving veterans. The department constitutes a public corporation that is authorized to hold property on behalf of the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585&version=20130AB58599INT)
2. **01/06/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585&version=20130AB58598AMD)
3. **01/21/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585&version=20130AB58597AMD)
4. **08/06/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585&version=20130AB58596AMD)
5. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585&version=20130AB58594CHP)
6. **AB585** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585)
7. **08/26/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB585&version=20130AB58595ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB585 Fox By Roth — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 585 FOX Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–1** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Be referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 585 FOX Assembly Third Reading — **72–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fox — primary (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Cannella — coauthor (person)
- Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on H. & C.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-06** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on V.A. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (January 6). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-17** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (January 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-21** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3635.)
- **2014-01-21** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (January 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3684.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-06** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. 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.
- **2014-08-06** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4653.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-21** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6285.)
- **2014-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 1. Page 6318.). `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 641, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d252f56d-3a98-4f2a-8fcd-8137ddd897c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).