republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-866.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans housing."
description: "Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $600,000,000 for expenditure by the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (the departments) to provide multifamily housing and services to veterans pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014. Existing law requires the departments to establish and implement programs pursuant to those purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 866"
citation: "California SB 866 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans housing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-01-11"
last_action: "2016-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa1e8541-be3e-403d-ab83-fa550a7b370c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB866"
source_hash: "beccf619195b245619b7ee7b671ac1d51894dc76178a04582e7236b72dce897a"
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 866 (20152016) — Veterans housing.

Existing law, the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $600,000,000 for expenditure by the California Housing Finance Agency, the Department of Housing and Community Development, and the Department of Veterans Affairs (the departments) to provide multifamily housing and services to veterans pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014. Existing law requires the departments to establish and implement programs pursuant to those purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/11/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB866&version=20150SB86699INT)
2. **03/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB866&version=20150SB86698AMD)
3. **06/16/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB866&version=20150SB86697AMD)
4. **09/23/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB866&version=20150SB86695CHP)
5. **SB866** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB866)
6. **08/19/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB866&version=20150SB86696ENR)

## Votes

- SB 866 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-01-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-01-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 11.
- **2016-01-28** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-03-14** 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`
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3523.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2016-05-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3810.) (May 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3848.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Coms. on H. & C.D. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-06-16** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5778.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-16** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5140.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 535, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa1e8541-be3e-403d-ab83-fa550a7b370c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).