---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist a veteran and his or her dependents or survivors to make a claim against the United States arising out of war service and establishing a right to a privilege, preference, care, or compensation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 815"
citation: "California SB 815 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-03-04"
last_action: "2013-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f8ca7ee-1177-4f46-9e12-14b2793d593f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB815"
source_hash: "60016caeeba683ca3a5f15975df4b043049fe65decbb41dd3fdb9b38bbae6609"
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 815 (20132014) — Veterans.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist a veteran and his or her dependents or survivors to make a claim against the United States arising out of war service and establishing a right to a privilege, preference, care, or compensation.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/04/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB815&version=20130SB81599INT)
2. **05/16/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB815&version=20130SB81598AMD)
3. **08/28/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB815&version=20130SB81596CHP)
4. **SB815** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB815)
5. **08/20/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB815&version=20130SB81597ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 815 V. A. Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB815 Committee on V.A. (Hueso) Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #2 SB815 Committee on V.A. — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-03-04** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `reading-1, introduction`
- **2013-03-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 4.
- **2013-03-14** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-19** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 488.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2013-04-22** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-04-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2013-04-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 712.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-04-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-16** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2485.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-08-19** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1892.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 186, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f8ca7ee-1177-4f46-9e12-14b2793d593f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).