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type: "Bill"
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title: "Veterans' farm and home loan program."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the secretary, as head of the department and subject to the policies adopted by the California Veterans Board, to perform all duties, exercise all powers and jurisdiction, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry out and effect all provisions vested by law in the department. Existing law defines \"veteran\" for the purposes of the various programs granting benefits to veterans."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 661"
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citation: "California SB 661 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Veterans' farm and home loan program."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-10-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7dbf2a9c-759b-4794-afe6-7d9252596fc1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB661"
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source_hash: "89fe38835b362b06dcb792e539289d8492b2c0f9cbec87c0af10dd1ed1172730"
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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 661 (20212022) — Veterans' farm and home loan program.
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Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs, which is headed by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. Existing law requires the secretary, as head of the department and subject to the policies adopted by the California Veterans Board, to perform all duties, exercise all powers and jurisdiction, assume and discharge all responsibilities, and carry out and effect all provisions vested by law in the department. Existing law defines "veteran" for the purposes of the various programs granting benefits to veterans.
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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. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB661&version=20210SB66199INT)
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2. **03/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB661&version=20210SB66198AMD)
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3. **10/05/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB661&version=20210SB66196CHP)
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4. **SB661** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB661)
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5. **08/27/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB661&version=20210SB66197ENR)
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## Votes
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- Special Consent SB661 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 661 Newman Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Newman — primary (person)
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- Umberg — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Set for hearing March 17.
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- **2021-03-15** 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`
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- **2021-03-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 534.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-19** Set for hearing April 5.
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- **2021-04-05** April 5 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1199.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1346.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-06** Coauthors revised.
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- **2021-07-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2524.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-08-26** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
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- **2021-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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- **2021-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 549, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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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/7dbf2a9c-759b-4794-afe6-7d9252596fc1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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