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Bill	Veterans: veterans' farm and home purchases.	The Veterans' Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974 authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist veterans in acquiring homes and farms, including cooperative dwelling units, by generally providing that the department may purchase a farm or home that the department then sells to a purchaser, as defined.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1224	California AB 1224 (20112012)	bill	Veterans: veterans' farm and home purchases.	enacted	Committee on Veterans Affairs	8	33	8	2011-02-18	2012-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/d5b38edc-b734-4515-928e-4c0a10732b2b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1224	eb6cc5df516566b74b7bb40ec927af01931b720a966da500f561e84c2fd0c6bc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1224 (20112012) — Veterans: veterans' farm and home purchases.

The Veterans' Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974 authorizes the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist veterans in acquiring homes and farms, including cooperative dwelling units, by generally providing that the department may purchase a farm or home that the department then sells to a purchaser, as defined.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/09/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/25/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/14/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/20/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1224 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 1224 V. A. Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1224 Committee on V. A. (Cook) By Correa Urgency Clause — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• amendments be concurred in. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1224 V. A. Concurrence - Urgency Added By COOK — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2011-03-21 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2011-04-04 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2011-05-12 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2012-01-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-19 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-01-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-01-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 3607.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-01-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-02-16 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2012-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-18 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2012-06-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-06-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-08-06 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4700.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-24 Re-referred to Com. on V.A. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2012-08-27 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-28 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage
• 2012-08-29 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6496.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
• 2012-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 396, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d5b38edc-b734-4515-928e-4c0a10732b2b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).