republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1137.md

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Bill	Veterans: professional licensing benefits.	Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans. Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law provides for a variety of state benefits to veterans.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 1137	California SB 1137 (20172018)	bill	Veterans: professional licensing benefits.	enacted	Vidak	5	26	8	2018-02-13	2018-09-14	openstates	ocd-bill/267991ca-0423-4f42-860c-3ff349ec0503	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1137	f542793eee562fdc3d98803277f45e36fa0e6cc0f08f6c81c1e1077cca1a9e05	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1137 (20172018) — Veterans: professional licensing benefits.

Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is responsible for administering various programs and services for the benefit of veterans. Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency. Existing law provides for a variety of state benefits to veterans.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/18 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/14/18 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/14/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB1137 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/23/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Business, Professions and Economic Development] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 1137 Vidak Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1137 Vidak Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Business and Professions] — 10–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Vidak — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-02-13 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-02-14 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
• 2018-02-22 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
• 2018-03-07 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2018-03-20 Set for hearing April 16.
• 2018-04-09 April 16 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2018-04-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on B., P. & E.D. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4629.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-12 Set for hearing April 16.
• 2018-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4697.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
• 2018-05-07 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2018-05-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4212.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2018-05-31 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and B. & P. referral-committee
• 2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 12). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2018-06-14 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2018-08-08 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 8). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2018-08-09 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6312.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2018-08-16 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2018-08-21 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5565.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2018-08-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2018-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 414, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/267991ca-0423-4f42-860c-3ff349ec0503. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).