republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20012002/ab-2559.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' Home of California."
description: "Veterans' Home of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2559"
citation: "California AB 2559 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Veterans' Home of California."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wesson"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 25
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-08-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/25e136d8-0c94-4bbc-b203-ea59e2bf02bc"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559"
source_hash: "cbcead8fd4204f0910e480e633c04571005a67bc95e3440907e9286fd193c863"
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 2559 (20012002) — Veterans' Home of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255999INT)
2. **04/17/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255998AMD)
3. **04/30/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255997AMD)
4. **05/23/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255996AMD)
5. **05/28/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255995AMD)
6. **06/13/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255994AMD)
7. **06/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255993AMD)
8. **08/14/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255991CHP)
9. **AB2559** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559)
10. **08/01/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2559&version=20010AB255992ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- W/O REF. TO FILE AB2559 Wesson By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2559 Wesson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2559 Wesson Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Committee amendments. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wesson — primary (person)
- Chesbro — principal coauthor (person)
- Dunn — principal coauthor (person)
- Johannessen — principal coauthor (person)
- O'Connell — principal coauthor (person)
- Runner — principal coauthor (person)
- Soto — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 216, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-01** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 7386.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-29** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on third reading file. Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 5116.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-24** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-18** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `reading-1, referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-12** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6561.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-05-24** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 24. Noes 0.) (May 22). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-15** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-07** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-30** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-04-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 23). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V. A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Com. on V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2002-02-21** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/25e136d8-0c94-4bbc-b203-ea59e2bf02bc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).