republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-13.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans."
description: "(1) Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 13"
citation: "California AB 13 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Conway"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-12-03"
last_action: "2014-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d463043c-b7d4-487f-8b41-4f625b8c5818"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13"
source_hash: "1f25d56f77edf697f5c0373da1f416217c518d022ac2a18f918d8a25887753cc"
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 13 (20132014) — Nonresident tuition exemption: veterans.

(1) Under existing law, the segments of the public postsecondary education system in the state include the University of California, which is administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, which is administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, which are administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/03/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1399INT)
2. **01/31/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1398AMD)
3. **03/11/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1397AMD)
4. **06/02/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1393AMD)
5. **06/24/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1396AMD)
6. **08/11/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1392AMD)
7. **08/28/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1391AMD)
8. **08/29/14 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1390AMD)
9. **09/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1395AMD)
10. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1394AMD)
11. **09/27/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1388CHP)
12. **AB13** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13)
13. **09/04/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB13&version=20130AB1389ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- AB 13 CHÁVEZ Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Supp 1 AB13 Conway By Knight — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 13 CONWAY Concurrence - Urgency Added — **78–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Conway — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Block — principal coauthor (person)
- Chávez — principal coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Fuller — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Melendez — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Wilk — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-12-03** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-12-04** From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
- **2013-01-14** Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-01-31** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-02-04** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-01** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2013-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1656.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-06** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-06-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-08-30** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-06** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-09** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** Senate Rule 29.3(b) suspended. (Page 4952.)
- **2014-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-28** Pursuant to Joint Rule 33.1,
- **2014-08-28** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Page 4952.)
- **2014-08-28** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4952.)
- **2014-08-29** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-08-29** Ordered to third reading.
- **2014-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2014-08-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-08-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4980.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6725.)
- **2014-08-29** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 6725.)
- **2014-08-29** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6731.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 639, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d463043c-b7d4-487f-8b41-4f625b8c5818`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).