republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-720.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military service: benefits."
description: "Existing law authorizes a service member to apply to the court for relief of an obligation, liability, tax, or assessment, as specified. Existing law authorizes, in the case of an obligation payable under its terms in installments under a contract for the purchase of real estate, or secured by a mortgage or other instrument, as specified, a stay of the enforcement of the obligation during the applicant's period of military service and, from the date of termination of the period of military service or from the date of the application if made after the service, for a period equal to the period of the remaining life of the installment contract or other instrument plus a period of time equal to the period of military service of the applicant or any part of the combined period, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 720"
citation: "California SB 720 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military service: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ddbbbe9-9b5f-4223-83e4-f2c6e2b0c96f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720"
source_hash: "11bc3f27fc17698d8c2a661ba5f133096983d6546ce7579dfbac2da5396667b9"
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 720 (20132014) — Military service: benefits.

Existing law authorizes a service member to apply to the court for relief of an obligation, liability, tax, or assessment, as specified. Existing law authorizes, in the case of an obligation payable under its terms in installments under a contract for the purchase of real estate, or secured by a mortgage or other instrument, as specified, a stay of the enforcement of the obligation during the applicant's period of military service and, from the date of termination of the period of military service or from the date of the application if made after the service, for a period equal to the period of the remaining life of the installment contract or other instrument plus a period of time equal to the period of military service of the applicant or any part of the combined period, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720&version=20130SB72099INT)
2. **04/04/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720&version=20130SB72098AMD)
3. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720&version=20130SB72097AMD)
4. **05/21/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720&version=20130SB72096AMD)
5. **09/06/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720&version=20130SB72094CHP)
6. **SB720** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720)
7. **08/23/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB720&version=20130SB72095ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 720 Correa Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs to Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-04** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** Re-referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-16** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2013-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 644.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 754.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. `committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1088.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-14** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-20** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-07-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-14** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-08-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2673.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-22** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2013-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2013-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 220, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ddbbbe9-9b5f-4223-83e4-f2c6e2b0c96f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).