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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans: transitional assistance program: funding."
description: "Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs, by July 1, 2015, to develop a transition assistance program for veterans who have been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States or National Guard of any state, to assist those veterans in successfully transitioning from military to civilian life in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1304"
citation: "California SB 1304 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Veterans: transitional assistance program: funding."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0a461c06-8937-47ba-ba50-f0fbe0c95ceb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1304"
source_hash: "622d435a91c47b9001a3450aaf05895c720b8daaffa0b985df8afe2a64e9375b"
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 1304 (20172018) — Veterans: transitional assistance program: funding.
Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs, by July 1, 2015, to develop a transition assistance program for veterans who have been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States or National Guard of any state, to assist those veterans in successfully transitioning from military to civilian life in the state.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1304&version=20170SB130499INT)
2. **06/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1304&version=20170SB130498AMD)
3. **09/14/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1304&version=20170SB130496CHP)
4. **SB1304** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1304)
5. **08/21/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1304&version=20170SB130497ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · upper
- SB 1304 Roth Consent Calendar Second Day — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **170** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **380** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1304 Roth Concurrence — **390** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Roth — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-23** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4790.) (April 24). 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 Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **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.
- **2018-08-20** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5428.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 419, Statutes of 2018.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0a461c06-8937-47ba-ba50-f0fbe0c95ceb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).