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type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014: Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 639"
citation: "California AB 639 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2014: Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act of 2014."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John A. Pérez"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-02-20"
last_action: "2013-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a69a169-3b71-4169-8955-d34ed239bc52"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639"
source_hash: "b13f79ef3a3651633b110a9103ae4434912838f4d46cadeefc39ed52a6f5d8fa"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639&version=20130AB63999INT)
2. **07/03/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639&version=20130AB63998AMD)
3. **09/06/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639&version=20130AB63997AMD)
4. **10/10/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639&version=20130AB63995CHP)
5. **AB639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639)
6. **09/18/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB639&version=20130AB63996ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **70** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 639 PÉREZ, J. Third Reading Urgency — **770** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB639 John A. Pérez By Roth Urgency Clause — **360** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **110** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 639 PÉREZ, J. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a69a169-3b71-4169-8955-d34ed239bc52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).