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Bill	Veterans.	(1) Existing law establishes the California Veterans Board, composed of 7 members with specified qualifications who are appointed by the Governor and subject to the confirmation of the Senate, to determine the policies for all operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 717	California AB 717 (20132014)	bill	Veterans.	enacted	Chávez	6	23	6	2013-02-21	2013-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/34f0f487-87a7-4957-b61c-b7c5c0f85949	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB717	a04e0261d4ae2a35edd5aa0cd4bd7c97550ae95c53cdab0aa619c2f1c4549077	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 717 (20132014) — Veterans.

(1) Existing law establishes the California Veterans Board, composed of 7 members with specified qualifications who are appointed by the Governor and subject to the confirmation of the Senate, to determine the policies for all operations of the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/21/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/05/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB717 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Special Consent #10 AB717 Chávez By Cannella — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 717 CHÁVEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 717 CHÁVEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chávez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-21 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-22 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2013-03-19 Referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
• 2013-03-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
• 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 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1343.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-09 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
• 2013-07-01 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
• 2013-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-10 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2013-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2404.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2013-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3330.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 692, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/34f0f487-87a7-4957-b61c-b7c5c0f85949. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).