republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1529.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veterans homes."
description: "Under existing law, veterans homes are for aged or disabled persons who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, who were discharged or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, who are eligible for health care benefits, hospitalization, or domiciliary care in a veterans facility, and who are bona fide residents of this state at the time of application, and for the spouses or domestic partners of those persons, if, among other things, the spouses or domestic partners agree to pay the fees and charges for joint residency, and the joint residency is in the best interests of the home member, as determined by the home administrator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1529"
citation: "California SB 1529 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veterans homes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-03-21"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb071faa-d329-41b4-879b-8b13086746ea"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1529"
source_hash: "8038bf96f00f95ae4c023f29ef18ea7c6f89c3cd8666f0785110a58b40627451"
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 1529 (20232024) — Veterans homes.

Under existing law, veterans homes are for aged or disabled persons who served in the Armed Forces of the United States, who were discharged or released from active duty under conditions other than dishonorable, who are eligible for health care benefits, hospitalization, or domiciliary care in a veterans facility, and who are bona fide residents of this state at the time of application, and for the spouses or domestic partners of those persons, if, among other things, the spouses or domestic partners agree to pay the fees and charges for joint residency, and the joint residency is in the best interests of the home member, as determined by the home administrator.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/21/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1529&version=20230SB152999INT)
2. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1529&version=20230SB152997CHP)
3. **SB1529** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1529)
4. **06/28/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1529&version=20230SB152998ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 1529 Military and Veterans Affairs Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB1529 M.&V.A. — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-03-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-04-01** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 21.
- **2024-04-03** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-12** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2024-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3703.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2024-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3875.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-20** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6038.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 140, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb071faa-d329-41b4-879b-8b13086746ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).