republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-1195.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans homes."
description: "Existing law establishes veterans homes in the State of California, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the department to review the use of each home no later than 5 years before the expiration of the use restriction imposed on the home by federal law to determine the best continued use of the home. In making that determination, existing law requires the department to review, among other things, the current needs of the regional veteran population."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 1195"
citation: "California SB 1195 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans homes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grove"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-08-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b78564cd-667b-408a-8f7c-ab29b9bc6299"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1195"
source_hash: "9d2575cbc0fc7539e38489b9cc7589cc3363bac3e358b463eadac7b869579115"
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 SB 1195 (20212022) — Veterans homes.

Existing law establishes veterans homes in the State of California, under the jurisdiction of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the department to review the use of each home no later than 5 years before the expiration of the use restriction imposed on the home by federal law to determine the best continued use of the home. In making that determination, existing law requires the department to review, among other things, the current needs of the regional veteran population.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1195&version=20210SB119599INT)
2. **04/19/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1195&version=20210SB119598AMD)
3. **08/26/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1195&version=20210SB119596CHP)
4. **SB1195** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1195)
5. **08/12/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB1195&version=20210SB119597ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar SB1195 — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1195 Grove Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grove — primary (person)
- Boerner Horvath — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Smith — coauthor (person)
- Voepel — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-17** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
- **2022-02-18** From printer.
- **2022-03-02** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing April 27.
- **2022-04-13** April 27 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2022-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2022-04-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3516.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2022-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 3670.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-19** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-15** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-03** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 3). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-04** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5828.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-11** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2022-08-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10:30 a.m.
- **2022-08-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-08-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 194, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b78564cd-667b-408a-8f7c-ab29b9bc6299`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).