republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-557.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans' homes: accounting of charges."
description: "Under existing law, a member of a veterans' home is required to pay fees and charges as determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the administrator of the home to provide each member with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined. Existing law requires the quarterly statement or accounting to include, among other things, a statement that, if the veteran is a resident of the home at the time of death, the home may use his or her money or personal property that is in the possession of the home for payment of unreimbursed costs of care."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 557"
citation: "California AB 557 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans' homes: accounting of charges."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yamada"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/df7a6376-1659-41a3-8bf7-51749610087f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB557"
source_hash: "2f742775731d46965a073c759de43be6e965a11b31f523812acb4c1f0d61c434"
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 AB 557 (20132014) — Veterans' homes: accounting of charges.

Under existing law, a member of a veterans' home is required to pay fees and charges as determined by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the administrator of the home to provide each member with a quarterly statement or accounting of all charges for the costs of care rendered to the member in excess of the member fee, as defined. Existing law requires the quarterly statement or accounting to include, among other things, a statement that, if the veteran is a resident of the home at the time of death, the home may use his or her money or personal property that is in the possession of the home for payment of unreimbursed costs of care.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB557&version=20130AB55799INT)
2. **06/20/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB557&version=20130AB55798AMD)
3. **08/26/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB557&version=20130AB55796CHP)
4. **AB557** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB557)
5. **08/13/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB557&version=20130AB55797ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB557 Yamada By Hueso — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 557 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 557 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yamada — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2013-03-04** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2013-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** From consent calendar.
- **2013-05-09** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-05-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1388.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-13** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-07-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-07-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-07-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 1698.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-08-05** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2013-08-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2466.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2013-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/df7a6376-1659-41a3-8bf7-51749610087f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).