---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' homes: accounting for charges."
description: "Under existing law, a member of a veterans' home is required to pay fees and charges as determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the administrator of the home to provide each member with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1823"
citation: "California AB 1823 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans' homes: accounting for charges."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-21"
last_action: "2012-07-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cec5e5ff-9239-4e43-8267-39a681d1030f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1823"
source_hash: "e557635e074a3ec717710147f7a85bea7f5233e666d47e03a4bd972d42999366"
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 1823 (20112012) — Veterans' homes: accounting for charges.

Under existing law, a member of a veterans' home is required to pay fees and charges as determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the administrator of the home to provide each member with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1823&version=20110AB182399INT)
2. **06/14/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1823&version=20110AB182398AMD)
3. **07/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1823&version=20110AB182396CHP)
4. **AB1823** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1823)
5. **07/09/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1823&version=20110AB182397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1823 YAMADA Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1823 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #14 AB1823 Yamada By Evans — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yamada — primary (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Norby — coauthor (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2012-03-01** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4675.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-06-27** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2012-07-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4225.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-07-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-07-05** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 5600.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:10 p.m.
- **2012-07-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-07-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cec5e5ff-9239-4e43-8267-39a681d1030f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).