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Bill	Veterans service advocate: correctional facilities.	Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans, and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to oversee the state prison system. 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. Under existing law, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is required to develop guidance policies relative to the release of veterans who are inmates with the intent to assist veterans who are inmates in pursuing claims for federal veterans' benefits, or in establishing rights to any other privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided under federal or state law because of honorable service in the military. In developing those policies, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized to coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the county veterans service officer or veterans service organizations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2263	California AB 2263 (20132014)	bill	Veterans service advocate: correctional facilities.	enacted	Bradford	7	28	10	2014-02-21	2014-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/86c5d2e1-2a69-4751-8daf-a51b07057f20	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2263	e1bf94cd229c1cdb9c392f193eeb7fce774668000bd1ae722701aeeda2e6877e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2263 (20132014) — Veterans service advocate: correctional facilities.

Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans, and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, to oversee the state prison system. 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. Under existing law, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is required to develop guidance policies relative to the release of veterans who are inmates with the intent to assist veterans who are inmates in pursuing claims for federal veterans' benefits, or in establishing rights to any other privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided under federal or state law because of honorable service in the military. In developing those policies, the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is authorized to coordinate with the Department of Veterans Affairs and the county veterans service officer or veterans service organizations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/23/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/04/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2263 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/29/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2263 BRADFORD Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2263 Bradford By Knight — 35–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2263 BRADFORD Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — 9–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)
• Mitchell — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-06 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-04-21 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-22 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2014-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2014-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5353.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-06-11 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2014-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2014-08-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-08-04 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2014-08-14 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 14). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4816.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-26 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6444.)
• 2014-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6476.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2014-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 652, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86c5d2e1-2a69-4751-8daf-a51b07057f20. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).