Public postsecondary education: veterans' enrollment.
Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined, for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty.
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California Legislature
20112012
SB 813
California SB 813 (20112012)
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Public postsecondary education: veterans' enrollment.
California SB 813 (20112012) — Public postsecondary education: veterans' enrollment.
Existing law requires the California State University and each community college district, and requests the University of California, with respect to each campus in their respective jurisdictions that administers a priority enrollment system, to grant priority for registration for enrollment to any member or former member of the Armed Forces of the United States, as defined, for any academic term attended at one of these institutions within 2 years of leaving active duty.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
SB 813 V. A. Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB813 Committee on V.A. (Correa) Concurrence — 38–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Education. — 8–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #3 SB813 Committee on V.A. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)
Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)
Fuentes — coauthor (person)
Harkey — principal coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2011-02-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2011-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2011-03-10 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. referral-committee
2011-04-08 Set for hearing April 12.
2011-04-21 Set for hearing April 27 in ED. pending receipt.
2011-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 644.) (April 12). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-04-26 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 761.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-03 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-05-06 Set for hearing May 16.
2011-05-17 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 1014.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-18 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2011-05-23 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1066.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-02 Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. referral-committee
2011-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-05 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-06 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-08-22 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
2011-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-08-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2599.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-08-25 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2011-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2156.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2011-09-07 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2011-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 375, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a79f7a00-7a3d-46bd-92a2-0661e5d06197. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).