republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-813.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: veterans' enrollment."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 813"
citation: "California SB 813 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: veterans' enrollment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 30
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-18"
last_action: "2011-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a79f7a00-7a3d-46bd-92a2-0661e5d06197"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813"
source_hash: "4c9abbdb2be6c537266d33d5c2672294eabd0f97e6707c7bd9e7adc394e879fb"
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 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.

1. **02/18/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81399INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81398AMD)
3. **05/03/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81397AMD)
4. **07/06/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81396AMD)
5. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81395AMD)
6. **08/22/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81394AMD)
7. **09/30/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81392CHP)
8. **SB813** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813)
9. **09/01/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB813&version=20110SB81393ENR)

## Votes

- 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`
- **2011-06-28** Joint Rule 62(a) file notice suspended. (Page 2091.)
- **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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a79f7a00-7a3d-46bd-92a2-0661e5d06197`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).