republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/sb-722.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Fund: extension of operation."
description: "Existing law requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification Committee for the purpose of beautification and enhancement of a specified existing memorial on state grounds. Under existing law funds for the beautification and enhancement of the memorial are required to be provided through private contributions and through existing funds collected under the auspices of the former California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification Commission. Under existing law these funds are required to be deposited in the California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account, a continuously appropriated account within the General Fund. Existing law requires any funds remaining in the account as of July 1, 2014, to revert to the General Fund."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 722"
citation: "California SB 722 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Fund: extension of operation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Correa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2014-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f354094c-8bc7-4fa3-895b-2be0fdedc33d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB722"
source_hash: "4ae1e3f4f1e45535ed71d8196b956b90f95d11ac0789da70129f6c82aff436b1"
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 722 (20132014) — California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Fund: extension of operation.

Existing law requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification Committee for the purpose of beautification and enhancement of a specified existing memorial on state grounds. Under existing law funds for the beautification and enhancement of the memorial are required to be provided through private contributions and through existing funds collected under the auspices of the former California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification Commission. Under existing law these funds are required to be deposited in the California Mexican American Veterans' Memorial Beautification and Enhancement Account, a continuously appropriated account within the General Fund. Existing law requires any funds remaining in the account as of July 1, 2014, to revert to the General Fund.

## 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=201320140SB722&version=20130SB72299INT)
2. **04/22/14 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB722&version=20130SB72297AMD)
3. **06/04/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB722&version=20130SB72295CHP)
4. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB722&version=20130SB72298AMD)
5. **SB722** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB722)
6. **05/23/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB722&version=20130SB72296ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #15 — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 722 Correa Third Reading Urgency By QUIRK-SILVA — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading (Urgency Clause) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Correa — primary (person)
- Block — coauthor (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Eggman — coauthor (person)
- Grove — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — 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`
- **2013-02-23** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2013-03-13** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2013-04-09** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-09-06** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-01-07** Set for hearing January 14.
- **2014-01-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 2592.) (January 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2014-01-15** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2014-01-16** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2014-01-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2623.) (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-01-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 2638.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2014-04-10** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2014-04-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2014-04-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-19** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5023.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2014-05-21** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2014-05-23** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 3536.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2014-05-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2014-06-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-06-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 22, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f354094c-8bc7-4fa3-895b-2be0fdedc33d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).