Under existing law, a member of a veterans' home is required to pay fees and charges as determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the administrator of the home to provide each member with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined. Existing law requires the quarterly statement or accounting to include, among other things, a statement that, if the veteran is a resident of the home at the time of death, the home may use his or her money or personal property that is in the possession of the home for payment of unreimbursed costs of care.
California AB 557 (20132014) — Veterans' homes: accounting of charges.
Under existing law, a member of a veterans' home is required to pay fees and charges as determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the administrator of the home to provide each member with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined. Existing law requires the quarterly statement or accounting to include, among other things, a statement that, if the veteran is a resident of the home at the time of death, the home may use his or her money or personal property that is in the possession of the home for payment of unreimbursed costs of care.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 557 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
AB 557 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading — 75–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Yamada — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2013-02-20 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2013-02-21 From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2013-03-04 Referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2013-04-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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
2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2013-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2013-05-09 From consent calendar.
2013-05-09 Ordered to third reading.
2013-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1388.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2013-05-23 Referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2013-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
2013-06-20 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
2013-07-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
2013-07-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2013-07-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 1698.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
2013-08-05 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2013-08-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2466.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2013-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
2013-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2013-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2013.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/df7a6376-1659-41a3-8bf7-51749610087f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).