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Bill	Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014: Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.	Existing law, the Veterans' Bond Act of 2008, as approved by the voters, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $900,000,000, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, for purposes of financing the Cal-Vet program for farm, home, and mobilehome purchase assistance for veterans.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 639	California AB 639 (20132014)	bill	Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014: Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.	enacted	John A. Pérez	6	26	10	2013-02-20	2013-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/4a69a169-3b71-4169-8955-d34ed239bc52	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639	b13f79ef3a3651633b110a9103ae4434912838f4d46cadeefc39ed52a6f5d8fa	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 639 (20132014) — Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014: Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014.

Existing law, the Veterans' Bond Act of 2008, as approved by the voters, authorizes the issuance of bonds in the amount of $900,000,000, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, for purposes of financing the Cal-Vet program for farm, home, and mobilehome purchase assistance for veterans.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/06/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB639 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 639 PÉREZ, J. Third Reading Urgency — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB639 John A. Pérez By Roth Urgency Clause — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• 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. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 639 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• John A. Pérez — primary (person)
• Achadjian — coauthor (person)
• Ammiano — coauthor (person)
• Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
• Block — coauthor (person)
• Bocanegra — coauthor (person)
• Bonilla — coauthor (person)
• Brown — coauthor (person)
• Buchanan — coauthor (person)
• Chesbro — coauthor (person)
• Correa — coauthor (person)
• Daly — coauthor (person)
• DeSaulnier — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Fox — coauthor (person)
• Frazier — coauthor (person)
• Gaines — coauthor (person)
• Gordon — coauthor (person)
• Gray — coauthor (person)
• Hall — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Knight — coauthor (person)
• Lara — coauthor (person)
• Lieu — coauthor (person)
• Maienschein — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — principal coauthor (person)
• Nielsen — coauthor (person)
• Perea — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
• Rendon — coauthor (person)
• Roth — coauthor (person)
• Salas — coauthor (person)
• Skinner — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
• Williams — coauthor (person)
• Wyland — coauthor (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 Coms. on H. & C.D. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2013-04-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1749.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Coms. on T. & H. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-03 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on V.A. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-08-13 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-10 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2308.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-11 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3195.)
• 2013-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3209.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-26 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 727, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a69a169-3b71-4169-8955-d34ed239bc52. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).