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Bill	Veterans: correctional counselors.	Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans. Existing law also authorizes each county board of supervisors to appoint a county veterans service officer to perform specified veterans-related services, including assisting veterans in pursuing claims for federal or state veterans' benefits.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2490	California AB 2490 (20112012)	bill	Veterans: correctional counselors.	enacted	Butler	7	26	10	2012-02-24	2012-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/a620b9da-ea85-4583-b1e8-23f328d2da0a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2490	9f47f60697ab3492b6b63ee1c6bdb68b693b07267a0dac52c0a58a6d5d148641	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2490 (20112012) — Veterans: correctional counselors.

Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans. Existing law also authorizes each county board of supervisors to appoint a county veterans service officer to perform specified veterans-related services, including assisting veterans in pursuing claims for federal or state veterans' benefits.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/20/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2490 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/07/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2490 BUTLER Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2490 Butler By Correa — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2490 BUTLER Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Butler — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-15 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2012-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-09 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 25). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 5135.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-31 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-14 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2012-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-02 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-07-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-06 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2012-08-21 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4753.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6357.)
• 2012-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6422.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-11 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 407, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a620b9da-ea85-4583-b1e8-23f328d2da0a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).