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Bill Veterans: service advocate: correctional facilities. Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. Under existing law, the department is required to develop guidance policies relative to the release of veterans who are inmates with the intent to assist them in pursuing claims for federal veterans' benefits, or in establishing rights to any other privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided under federal or state law because of honorable service in the military. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 AB 2563 California AB 2563 (20152016)
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California AB 2563 (20152016) — Veterans: service advocate: correctional facilities.

Existing law establishes the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to oversee the state prison system. Under existing law, the department is required to develop guidance policies relative to the release of veterans who are inmates with the intent to assist them in pursuing claims for federal veterans' benefits, or in establishing rights to any other privilege, preference, care, or compensation provided under federal or state law because of honorable service in the military.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/19/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 08/26/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  3. AB2563 (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/12/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB2563 Committee On V.A. (Irwin) By Nielsen — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 200 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 80 (pass) · lower
  • AB 2563 V. A. Consent Calendar Second Day — 790 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 50 (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
  • 2016-03-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2016-04-13 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2016-04-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4464.) 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
  • 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2016-08-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4874.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2016-08-11 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
  • 2016-08-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
  • 2016-08-26 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2016-08-26 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 203, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3ad6e862-08f9-4db3-8588-e29cc92bbd14. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).