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type: "Bill"
title: "Military service: benefits."
description: "Existing law authorizes a reservist, as defined, who is called to active duty on and after January 1, 2014, to defer payments on mortgages, credit cards, retail installment accounts and contracts, real property taxes and assessments, vehicle leases, and obligations owed to utility companies, for the period of active duty plus 60 calendar days, or 180 days, whichever is the lesser, as specified. Existing law authorizes similar provisions to a reservist who was called to active duty before January 1, 2014, as a part of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2562"
citation: "California AB 2562 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military service: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/28d45ae3-ec26-42a5-b5ba-3ed004f06280"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2562"
source_hash: "2d19d7cd2316f6025b82cf03e1b0128f5af3698fb69d0103eeaebdfd64eb3993"
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 AB 2562 (20152016) — Military service: benefits.
Existing law authorizes a reservist, as defined, who is called to active duty on and after January 1, 2014, to defer payments on mortgages, credit cards, retail installment accounts and contracts, real property taxes and assessments, vehicle leases, and obligations owed to utility companies, for the period of active duty plus 60 calendar days, or 180 days, whichever is the lesser, as specified. Existing law authorizes similar provisions to a reservist who was called to active duty before January 1, 2014, as a part of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2562&version=20150AB256299INT)
2. **09/13/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2562&version=20150AB256297CHP)
3. **AB2562** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2562)
4. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2562&version=20150AB256298ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 2562 V. A. Assembly Third Reading — **790** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2562 Committee On V.A. (Irwin) By Nielsen — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4461.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5299.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-24** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-09-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2016-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 332, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/28d45ae3-ec26-42a5-b5ba-3ed004f06280`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).