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type: "Bill"
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title: "Military and veterans: transition assistance: citizenship."
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description: "Existing law requires, by July 1, 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a transition assistance program for veterans who have been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20172018"
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identifier: "SB 156"
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citation: "California SB 156 (20172018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Military and veterans: transition assistance: citizenship."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2017-01-18"
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last_action: "2017-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/31fa66a7-a6fb-4135-b550-129b1f08ecbf"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156"
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source_hash: "11337fb3f23ac0302507717df5a1d550b2723b420695cc67dc81bb7d21189987"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 156 (20172018) — Military and veterans: transition assistance: citizenship.
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Existing law requires, by July 1, 2015, the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a transition assistance program for veterans who have been discharged from the Armed Forces of the United States or the National Guard of any state, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **01/18/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156&version=20170SB15699INT)
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2. **03/29/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156&version=20170SB15698AMD)
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3. **05/02/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156&version=20170SB15697AMD)
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4. **08/28/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156&version=20170SB15696AMD)
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5. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156&version=20170SB15694CHP)
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6. **SB156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156)
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7. **09/18/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB156&version=20170SB15695ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 156 Anderson Third Reading Urgency By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — **73–2** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent Calendar SB156 Anderson et al. Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading SB156 Anderson et al. Urgency Clause — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Anderson — primary (person)
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- Gonzalez Fletcher — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-01-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
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- **2017-01-26** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-04-13** Set for hearing April 25.
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- **2017-05-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 830.) (April 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-05-02** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-04** Set for hearing May 15.
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- **2017-05-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2017-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1246.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2017-08-23** August 23 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2017-08-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-08-30** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2017-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-07** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 2. Page 3037.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2017-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2017-09-12** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2903.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 497, Statutes of 2017.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/31fa66a7-a6fb-4135-b550-129b1f08ecbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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