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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: Veterans' Home of California."
description: "Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of the Veterans' Home of California at various sites, including homes in Barstow, Chula Vista, Lancaster, Ventura, and Yountville, and provides for an administrator for each home or homesite. Existing law defines \"home\" and \"administrator\" for these purposes. Existing law establishes the Veterans' Home Fund in the State Treasury, which includes the proceeds of certain bonds. Existing law requires, upon appropriation of the Legislature, the Department of Veterans Affairs to use money in the fund for the purpose of designing and constructing veterans' homes in California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 543"
citation: "California SB 543 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Veterans: Veterans' Home of California."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wolk"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 31
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2016-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54ebc9aa-fcbe-47e9-918d-17faa317c984"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543"
source_hash: "f6a2776f40f6b60dbe582fb9ee3acffe7cd04a2c987186bfc3faa501c2786301"
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 543 (20152016) — Veterans: Veterans' Home of California.
Existing law provides for the establishment and operation of the Veterans' Home of California at various sites, including homes in Barstow, Chula Vista, Lancaster, Ventura, and Yountville, and provides for an administrator for each home or homesite. Existing law defines "home" and "administrator" for these purposes. Existing law establishes the Veterans' Home Fund in the State Treasury, which includes the proceeds of certain bonds. Existing law requires, upon appropriation of the Legislature, the Department of Veterans Affairs to use money in the fund for the purpose of designing and constructing veterans' homes in California.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54399INT)
2. **04/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54398AMD)
3. **05/05/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54397AMD)
4. **06/08/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54394AMD)
5. **06/18/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54396AMD)
6. **08/01/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54393AMD)
7. **09/11/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54395AMD)
8. **09/21/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54391CHP)
9. **SB543** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543)
10. **08/26/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB543&version=20150SB54392ENR)
## Votes
- SB 543 Wolk Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — **54–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **14–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB543 Wolk Concurrence — **35–4** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **34–4** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Wolk — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-26** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 29.
- **2015-03-12** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-27** Set for hearing April 14.
- **2015-04-08** April 14 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-04-08** Set for hearing April 28.
- **2015-04-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-04** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 826.) (April 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-05-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-08** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2015-05-18** May 18 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1156.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 1205.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** June 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2016-08-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 23. Page 5888.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-24** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 4. Page 5324.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2016-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 424, Statutes of 2016.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54ebc9aa-fcbe-47e9-918d-17faa317c984`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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