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Bill	Department of Veterans Affairs: veterans' services.	Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to disburse funds, appropriated to the department for the purpose of supporting county veterans service officers pursuant to the annual Budget Act, on a pro rata basis, to a county that complies with certain conditions. Existing law requires the department to prepare an annual report of the activities of county veterans services officers, including the number of claims filed to receive pension benefits and a summary of other services provided by county veterans service officers.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1566	California AB 1566 (20232024)	bill	Department of Veterans Affairs veterans' services	enacted	Soria	5	19	6	2023-02-17	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/64ecd7fd-8f02-4ae5-b58b-7fe1a21a5e08	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1566	dc38d03d4c4da3a1d2853e9be553a42cfa0cc9faade483b5ccc6c175bd75b9fd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1566 (20232024) — Department of Veterans Affairs: veterans' services.

Existing law requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to disburse funds, appropriated to the department for the purpose of supporting county veterans service officers pursuant to the annual Budget Act, on a pro rata basis, to a county that complies with certain conditions. Existing law requires the department to prepare an annual report of the activities of county veterans services officers, including the number of claims filed to receive pension benefits and a summary of other services provided by county veterans service officers.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/15/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1566 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1566 Soria et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1566 Soria Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1566 Soria Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Soria — primary (person)
• Cervantes — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-18 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2023-03-09 Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1367.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-10 Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. referral-committee
• 2023-05-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-07-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2181.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-08-24 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2824.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 694, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/64ecd7fd-8f02-4ae5-b58b-7fe1a21a5e08. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).