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1 File name: Cal-MOAA California 1.CA AB 57 Brough (R) National Guard: Enlistment Bonuses: Financial Relief Summary: States that it is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would provide financial relief to members of the National Guard ordered to repay enlistment bonuses that were accepted in good faith. 12/06/2016 INTRODUCED. 2.CA AB 70 Allen T (R) California National Guard: Improper Payments Summary: Requires the Military Department to assume sole financial responsibility for any required payment to the federal government of an enlistment bonus, student loan repayment, or any other incentive payments improperly authorized by the National Guard. Requires the department to repay any member of the National Guard who has repaid any of these payments the amount the member has repaid, including any interest charges or other associated fees. 01/19/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS.

2 3.CA AB 85 Rodriguez (D) General Assistance: Employable Veterans 03/01/2017 Summary: Amends an existing law which permits a county to prohibit an employable individual from receiving general assistance benefits to exempt from that prohibition an employable veteran who was honorably discharged from the Armed Forces. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (70-05/31/2017 1) 4.CA AB 94 Rodriguez (D) Corporation Tax Law: Exemption: Veteran's Organizations 03/21/2017 Summary: Authorizes an organization described in Section 501(c)(19) of the Internal Revenue Code, which is a veteran's organization, to use a specified method to obtain an exemption.

3 05/10/2017 To SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE. 5.CA AB 153 Chavez (R) Military Fraud Summary: Requires certain elected officers to forfeit their office upon the conviction of a crime pursuant to the federal Stolen Valor Act or the California Stolen Valor Act that involves a fraudulent claim, made with the intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible benefit, that the person is a veteran or a member of the Armed Forces. Provides for penalties. From SENATE Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY: Do pass to Committee on 06/06/2017 VETERANS AFFAIRS. 6.CA AB 172 Chavez (R) Public Postsecondary Education: Residency: Dependents Summary: Amends an existing law which establishes uniform student residency requirements for purposes of ascertaining the amount of tuition and fees to be paid by students of public postsecondary education institutions. Extends a resident classification for designated dependents of transferred and retired members of the Armed Forces of the U.S. to dependents who have been admitted to a public postsecondary institution before the transfer or retirement.

4 05/17/2017 To SENATE Committees on EDUCATION and VETERANS AFFAIRS. 7.CA AB 177 Chavez (R) Child Abuse and Neglect: Reporting 02/21/2017 Summary: Requires a social worker investigating a case of child abuse or neglect involving an allegation against the parent or guardian of the child to attempt to determine if the parent or guardian is a member of the military. Requires the social worker to notify the Family Advocacy Program of the Department of Defense in certain cases. From ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY with author's 02/21/2017 amendments. In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to 02/21/2017 Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY. 8.CA AB 226 Cervantes (D) Teacher Credentialing: Spouses of Active Duty Members

5 03/14/2017 Summary: Requires the State Commission on Teacher Credentialing to grant or deny an application for a credential within a certain number of days if the applicant supplies the commission with evidence that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in the state and holds a valid teaching credential in another state. 05/10/2017 To SENATE Committee on EDUCATION. 9.CA AB 242 Arambula (D) Certificates of Death: Veterans 03/07/2017 Summary: Requires a person completing the certificate of death to record whether the decedent was ever in the Armed Forces of the United States. Requires the State Department of Public Health to access data within the electronic death registration system to compile a report on veteran suicide in California and require the department to annually provide that report to the Legislature and the Department of Veterans Affairs. 05/17/2017To SENATE Committees on HEALTH and VETERANS AFFAIRS. 10.CA AB 296

6 Cervantes (D) Task Force: Health of Women Veterans 05/26/2017 Summary: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to create a task force to study the health of California women veterans comprised of members with specified qualifications. Prohibits task force from receiving compensation or reimbursement of expense for their service. Requires the task force to study the health care needs of women veterans in the state. Requires the task force to submit reports to the Governor. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/31/2017 0) 11.CA AB 331 Eggman (D) County Recorders: Veterans: Recorded Documents 05/22/2017 Summary: Relates to veterans. Requires a county recorder, upon request by a military veteran or authorized person for recordation of a military discharge document, including the DD214, to record the document and maintain the document in a nonpublic index. Permits only the military veteran or the person authorized to receive a certified copy of a record under existing law to receive a copy of the recorded document contained in the nonpublic index. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (68-05/31/2017 3)

7 12.CA AB 349 McCarty (D) Civil Service Preference: Special Immigrant Visas 06/05/2017 Summary: Authorizes any person who assisted the United States military and was issued a specified special immigrant visa to be ranked in the top of the resulting civil service eligibility list if he or she achieves a passing score on an entrance examination. From SENATE Committee on PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT 06/05/2017 with author's amendments. In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee 06/05/2017 on PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT AND RETIREMENT. Oppose 13.CA AB 353 Voepel (R) Employment Policy: Voluntary Veterans' Preference 05/01/2017 Summary: Enacts the Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act to authorize a private employer to establish and maintain a written veterans' preference employment policy. Provides that the granting of a veterans' preference shall be deemed not to violate any local or state equal employment opportunity law or regulation.

8 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (74-05/30/2017 0) 14.CA AB 360 Muratsuchi (D) State Bar: Pro Bono Legal Assistance: Veterans 05/03/2017 Summary: Requires the State Bar to administer a program to coordinate pro bono civil legal assistance to veterans and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services. Requires the Bar to provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public by compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to veterans and posting the list on its Internet Web site. 05/24/2017 To SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY. 15.CA AB 363 Quirk-Silva (D) Drivers Licenses: Veteran Designation Summary: Prohibits a fee from being charged for requests to have the word VETERAN printed on specified documentations by the Department of Motor Vehicles if made by a person

9 who has been determined to have a specified income level or a person who can verify his or her status as a homeless person. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/30/2017 0) 16.CA AB 376 Chavez (R) Veteran's Benefits: Veteran Farmers or Ranchers 04/19/2017 Summary: Requires the California Labor and Workforce Development Agency, the California Department of Veterans Affairs, and the California Department of Food and Agriculture to identify and post specified information to assist veterans in entering farming or ranching careers. 05/17/2017To SENATE Committees on VETERANS AFFAIRS and AGRICULTURE. 17.CA AB 386 Gonzalez (D) Legal Services for Deported Veterans

10 05/04/2017 Summary: Requires the Department of Social Services to either contract with a qualified nonprofit legal services organization, or contract with a nonprofit agency to administer funding to nonprofit legal services organization subcontractors, to provide legal services to deported veterans. Authorizes the department to include postconviction relief services to deported veterans in the contract. Establishes the Veteran Reentry Assistance Fund to accept donations to provide legal services. 05/17/2017 To SENATE Committees on HUMAN SERVICES and JUDICIARY. 18.CA AB 409 Quirk-Silva (D) Southern California Veterans Cemetery Summary: Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to existing law relative to the Southern California Veterans Cemetery. 02/09/2017 INTRODUCED. 19.CA AB 427 Muratsuchi (D) California Aerospace Commission

11 Summary: Establishes the California Aerospace Commission to foster the development activities in California related to aerospace, aviation, commercial and governmental space travel, unmanned aerial vehicles, aerospace education and job training, infrastructure and research launches, manufacturing, applied research, economic diversification, business development, tourism, and education. From ASSEMBLY Committee on ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, SPORTS, 04/05/2017TOURISM AND INTERNET MEDIA: Do pass to Committee on TRANSPORTATION. (6-0) 20.CA AB 431 Bigelow (R) Armories: Homeless Shelter 05/26/2017 Summary: Deletes the list of armories to be made available to specified cities and counties for the purpose of providing temporary shelter for homeless persons and instead requires the Adjutant General to make state-owned armories available for such purposes upon request by a county or city. From SENATE Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS with author's 05/26/2017 amendments. In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee 05/26/2017 on VETERANS AFFAIRS. 21.CA AB 455

12 Voepel (R) Veterans Buildings, Memorials, and Cemeteries Summary: States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the building of veterans memorials, buildings, and cemeteries. 02/13/2017 INTRODUCED. 22.CA AB 513 Voepel (R) Uniform and Travel Costs Summary: Increases the amount of the combined uniform and travel allowance to be paid to each volunteer member of the State Military Reserve or Naval Militia following the volunteer's completion of satisfactory service. 02/27/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS. 23.CA AB 522 Cunningham (R) Alcoholic Beverages: Charitable Organizations Summary: Provides that a charitable organization that has obtained a raffle registration from the Department of Justice and to which has been issued a temporary on-sale or off-sale

13 beer or wine license, may hold a raffle involving a prize of alcoholic beverages without violating the Alcoholic Beverage Control Act. 05/24/2017To SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. 24.CA AB 528 Gray (D) Personal Income Tax: Exclusion: Military Retirement Pay 04/03/2017 Summary: Amends the Personal Income Tax Law. Excludes from gross income specified percentages of retirement pay received by a taxpayer with gross income that, excluding that retirement pay, does not exceed a specified amount from the federal government for military service in the Armed Forces of the United States, the reserve component of the Armed Forces, or the National Guard. 05/26/2017In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in committee. Sponsor 25.CA AB 547 Chavez (R) California Prompt Payment Act: Disabled Veterans

14 05/26/2017 Summary: Requires state agencies to pay an undisputed invoice from a certified disabled veteran business enterprise that is also a small business within a certain period of initial receipt. Requires a state agency to submit a claim on an undisputed invoice to the Controller for payment within a certain period. Requires the agency to pay penalties if it fails to submit a correct claim schedule. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/31/2017 0) 26.CA AB 632 Acosta (R) Small Business Procurement and Contract Act 03/21/2017 Summary: Increases the value of the contract for the acquisition of goods, services, or information technology to specified levels for disabled veteran business enterprises. Specifies that a certified small business or disabled veteran business enterprise that utilizes this streamlined process as an alternative to competitive bidding requirements cannot also receive the small business preference or the disabled veteran business enterprise participation incentive. 05/26/2017In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in committee. 27.CA AB 665

15 Levine (D) Military Personnel: Veterans: Resentencing 04/18/2017 Summary: Authorizes any person who was sentences for a felony conviction prior to January 1, 2015, and who is, or was, a member of the United States military and who may be suffering from any of the above-described conditions as a result of his or her military service to petition for a recall of sentence under specified conditions. Requires the court, upon receiving a petition, to determine whether the person satisfies the specified criteria. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (75-05/30/2017 1) 28.CA AB 671 Chavez (R) Veterans: Services 03/21/2017 Summary: Authorizes a veterans memorial district to provide services that improve the quality of life for veterans and their families, including counseling, case management, and employment training and placement. 05/10/2017 To SENATE Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS.

16 29.CA AB 674 Low (D) Election Day Holiday 03/21/2017 Summary: Adds the day on which a statewide general election is held, which is the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of any even-numbered year, to the list of designated holidays. Requires community colleges and public schools to close on any day on which a statewide general election is held. 05/26/2017In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in committee. OpposeIfAmended 30.CA AB 737 Baker (R) California Vietnam Veterans Memorial 04/19/2017 Summary: Extends provisions relating to the listing of names on the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the existence and operation of the a specified committee. Provides for the establishment of a certain plaque to honor those veterans who died as a result of subsequent illness or injury, including physical or mental injury, as specified, that can reasonably be presumed to have resulted from military service during the Vietnam War. 04/19/2017 From ASSEMBLY Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS with author's amendments.

17 In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to 04/19/2017 Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS. 31.CA AB 770 Chavez (R) California Veterans Board Summary: Amends the existing law which establishes a California Veterans Board that provides for a variety of state benefits to veterans. States the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation relating to the California Veterans Board. 02/15/2017 INTRODUCED. 32.CA AB 866 Cunningham (R) State Highways: Gateway Monuments Summary: Authorizes a city or county to display the Flag of the United States of America or the Flag of the State of California, or both, as part of a gateway monument. 05/24/2017To SENATE Committee on TRANSPORTATION AND HOUSING.

18 33.CA AB 897 Allen T (R) Military Identification Summary: Requires the Military Department to provide members of the state Military Reserve who honorably serve 10 years or more with a retired identification card that is suitable to assist access to state and local benefits that the retired member may be entitled to, as specified. In ASSEMBLY Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS: Heard, remains in 04/04/2017 committee. 34.CA AB 931 McCarty (D) Suicide Prevention 03/23/2017 Summary: Relates to suicide prevention and contracts with an outside agency to establish and implement a targeted public awareness and education campaign on suicide prevention and treatment. Requires the target populations to include community college, 4-year college, and university undergraduate and graduate students. 05/24/2017To SENATE Committee on HEALTH.

19 35.CA AB 961 Quirk-Silva (D) Disabled Veteran Business Enterprise Program 04/18/2017 Summary: Amends an existing law which requires the Director of General Services to adopt written policies and guidelines establishing a uniform process for state contracting to provide a disabled veteran business enterprise participation incentive to bidders, which all state agencies are required to use when awarding contracts. Retains the records for a minimum of three years after collection. 06/01/2017 To SENATE Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS. 36.CA AB 986 Gallagher (R) Hunting and Sport Fishing Licenses Summary: Requires a resident or a nonresident, 16 years of age or older, upon payment of the fee, to be issued a sport fishing license for the period of 12 consecutive months. Requires the department to reduce the fee required to obtain the specified licenses by 25% for a person who is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, was honorably discharged, and is a resident of California. 05/26/2017 In ASSEMBLY Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Not heard.

20 37.CA AB 998 Grayson (D) Veterans Homes: Internet Web Site 03/28/2017 Summary: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to create an admissions page on its Internet Web site that incorporates an online application option for veterans seeking admission to a home, a user-friendly wait list, contact information for an applicant to ask for assistance regarding the application process, and information on the number of veterans currently on the wait list for each level of care at each home. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/31/2017 0) 38.CA AB 1051 Chavez (R) Teacher Credentialing: Spouses of Active Duty Summary: Relates to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing. Requires the commission to grant or deny an application for a credential within specified days of the date they received the application if the applicant supplies evidence that they are married to, in a domestic partnership or other legal union with an active duty member of the Armed Forces assigned duty station in this state and holds a valid teaching credential in another state, district, or territory. 03/06/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on EDUCATION.

21 39.CA AB 1056 Kiley (R) Asbestos Tort Trust Transparency Act Summary: Enacts the Asbestos Tort Claim Trust Transparency Act. Relates to civil actions pertaining to asbestos tort claims. Requires that a plaintiff disclose specified information to asbestos trusts against which the plaintiff has or could pursue a claim. Entitles a defendant to discovery to relevant information pertaining to the plaintiff held by other asbestos trusts and to pursue various motions. Requires a plaintiff to serve certain sworn statements. 03/06/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on JUDICIARY. 40.CA AB 1057 Weber (D) Armories: Sales: San Diego Armory 03/20/2017 Summary: Requires the Director of General Services, with the approval of the Adjutant General, to offer an option to purchase a portion of the Military Department's San Diego Armory, to the San Diego Center for Children, a nonprofit organization. Provides that if the department and the San Diego Center for Children do not reach and complete an agreement authorize the sale of the armory pursuant to the procedures. 05/17/2017 To SENATE Committees on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION and VETERANS AFFAIRS.

22 41.CA AB 1106 Weber (D) Child Care and Development Services: Military Families 04/03/2017 Summary: Relates to the Child Care and Development Services Act and alternative payment programs. Requires, for purposes of determining eligibility that the income of a person on state or federal active duty, active duty for special work, or Active Guard and Reserve duty in the military not include the amount of the basic allowance for housing if the allowance is equal to the lowest rate of the allowance for military housing area in which the person resides. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/30/2017 0) 42.CA AB 1165 Gloria (D) Property Taxation: Base Year Value Transfers 05/16/2017 Summary: Amends the existing property tax law which authorizes a person who is either severely disabled or over the specified years of age to transfer the base year value of

23 property that is eligible for the homeowners' property tax exemption to a replacement dwelling that is of equal or lesser value located within the same county. Expands the authorization to transfer the base year value of an original property to a person who is the parent or legal guardian of a severely and permanently disabled child. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/30/2017 0) 43.CA AB 1237 Frazier (D) Veterans Summary: Makes technical, a nonsubstantive change to existing law which establishes within state government a Department of Veterans Affairs. 02/17/2017 INTRODUCED. 44.CA AB 1245 Voepel (R) State Militia Summary: State the intent of the Legislature to enact statutory changes to the Military and Veterans Code.

24 02/17/2017 INTRODUCED. 45.CA AB 1249 Gray (D) Property Taxation: Exemptions: Veterans Summary: Provides that the veterans' organization exemption shall not be denied to a property on the basis that the property is used for fraternal, lodge, or social club purposes to any portion of a property that consists of a bar where alcoholic beverages are served. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/30/2017 0) 46.CA AB 1275 Irwin (D) Department of Veterans Affairs: Monitoring Outcomes Summary: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop outcome and related indicators for veterans, for the purpose of assessing the status of veterans in California, for monitoring the quality of programs intended to serve those veterans, and to guide decisionmaking on how to improve those services. 05/30/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (75-0)

25 NoPosition 47.CA AB 1314 Irwin (D) County Mental Health Services: Veterans Summary: Declares the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would simplify the process and reduce the burden placed on veterans seeking mental health services and require the counties to cooperate with federal agencies to seek reimbursement after providing mental health services to veterans. Requires a county to provide mental health services to any veteran who requests treatment. 04/27/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on HEALTH. 48.CA AB 1361 Garcia E (D) Veterans' Homes: Services: Mental and Behavioral 05/26/2017 Summary: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to conduct a survey to assess the ability of veterans' homes to assist veterans with complex mental and behavioral health needs, and develop a plan to accommodate that population. 05/31/2017 In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-0)

26 NoPosition 49.CA AB 1362 Irwin (D) Veterans Bond Acts 03/22/2017 Summary: Enacts the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act of 2017 to authorize the issuance of bonds to provide additional funding pursuant to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Act. Provides for funding of a specified program for farm, home, and mobilehome purchase assistance. From ASSEMBLY Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY 03/22/2017 DEVELOPMENT with author's amendments. In ASSEMBLY. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to 03/22/2017 Committee on HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. 50.CA AB 1365 Reyes (D) Veterans Homes: Planning Strategy 03/21/2017

27 Summary: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Legislature and post on its Internet Web site a specified financial report of the veterans homes located in the specified location. Requires the department to review the use of a veterans home, using specified factors, no later than five years before the expiration of a specified use restriction imposed by federal law to determine the best continued, unrestricted use of the veterans home. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/30/2017 0) 51.CA AB 1403 Obernolte (R) Military and Overseas Voters: Ballot by 05/26/2017 Summary: Requires the Secretary of State to submit a report to specified legislative committees describing the feasibility of allowing military and overseas voters to return their ballots by electronic means. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (76-05/31/2017 1) 52.CA AB 1477 Brough (R)

28 Veterans' Preferences: Voluntary Policy Summary: Enacts the Voluntary Veterans' Preference Employment Policy Act to authorize a private employer to establish and maintain a written veterans' preference employment policy, to be applied uniformly to hiring decisions, to give a voluntary preference for hiring or retaining a veteran. To ASSEMBLY Committees on VETERANS AFFAIRS and LABOR AND 03/13/2017 EMPLOYMENT. 53.CA AB 1618 Cervantes (D) Veteran Service Providers 05/30/2017 Summary: Establishes a certification process for California veteran service providers. Establishes a competitive grant program for purposes of awarding grant moneys to certified California veteran service providers for purposes of providing support to veterans and their families. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (73-05/31/2017 0) OpposeUnlessAmended 54.CA AB 1619

29 Berman (D) Private Postsecondary Education 05/30/2017 Summary: Requires the Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education to prohibit institutions that are subject to provisions of the Private Postsecondary Education Act from enrolling new students in an educational program that receives a fail rating for a certain number of consecutive years, or receives a combination of zone or fail ratings for a certain number of consecutive years, based on the federal debt-to-earnings rates. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (57-06/01/ ) 55.CA AB 1709 Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee Armories: Sales: Local Agency 05/08/2017 Summary: Requires that an armory be offered for sale to a local agency prior to being offered for sale to private entities or individuals. Requires the Department of General Services to maintain a list of armories authorized for sale in a conspicuous place on its Internet Web site and to provide local agencies and, upon request, members of the public, with electronic notification of updates to the list of properties. In ASSEMBLY. Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE. (77-05/30/2017 0)

30 56.CA AB 1710 Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee Prohibited Discrimination Against Service Members Summary: Amends existing law which prohibits various types of discrimination against an officer or enlisted member of the military or naval forces of the state or of the U.S. because of his or her membership or service. Includes, within these prohibitions, discrimination in terms, conditions, or privilege of employment. 06/01/2017To SENATE Committees on VETERANS AFFAIRS and JUDICIARY. 57.CA AB 1711 Assembly Veterans Affairs Committee State Military Reserve Personnel: Leave Benefits Summary: Provides that a member of the State Military Reserve be granted military leave and other specified benefits on the same basis as a member of the National Guard or other military reserve member. 06/01/2017 To SENATE Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS. 58.CA SB 14

31 Gaines T (R) National Guard: Bonuses: Tax Reimbursement Summary: Creates a grant program to repay members of the National Guard who paid taxes on an enlistment bonus awarded on or after a specified date, and before a specified date, that the member was required to repay. Provides a grant in the amount equal to the taxes that the member paid on that bonus. To SENATE Committees on VETERANS AFFAIRS and GOVERNANCE AND 01/12/2017 FINANCE. 59.CA SB 25 Portantino (D) Public Postsecondary Education: Nonresident Tuition 03/30/2017 Summary: Relates to exemptions from paying nonresident tuition. Changes the meaning of "covered individual" to align with federal law. Requires a California Community College or California State University student, as an eligibility requirement for the nonresident tuition exemption, to be eligible for education benefits under specified federal GI Bill programs. 06/01/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on HIGHER EDUCATION. 60.CA SB 27

32 Morrell (R) Professions and Vocations: Licenses: Military Service 04/17/2017 Summary: Requires every board within the Department of Consumer Affairs to grant a fee waiver for the application for and the issuance of an initial license to an applicant who supplies satisfactory evidence to the board that the applicant has served as an active duty member of the California National Guard or the United States Armed Forces and was honorably discharged. 05/25/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in committee. 61.CA SB 156 Anderson (R) Military and Veterans: Transition Assistance 05/02/2017 Summary: Requires the California National Guard to inform its members that it will assist noncitizen members in acquiring United States citizenship as soon as they are eligible. Requires the National Guard to, upon request of a noncitizen member, assist the member in filing all forms and paperwork necessary to become a United States Citizen. In SENATE. Read third time, urgency clause adopted. Passed SENATE. 05/30/2017 *****To ASSEMBLY. (40-0) Sponsor,

33 62.CA SB 197 Bates (R) Sales and Use Tax: Exempt: Military/Veteran Facilities 04/20/2017 Summary: Exempts from the Sales and Use Tax Law the gross receipts from the sale of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, building materials and supplies purchased by a qualified person for use by that qualified person in the construction of specified military and veteran medical facilities. Relates to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law which authorizes cities and counties to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law. 05/22/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION. 63.CA SB 246 Bates (R) Property Tax: Base Year Value Transfers Summary: Makes changes to the constitution which authorize the Legislature to provide that a person who is either severely disabled or over 55 years of age to transfer the base year value of property that is eligible for the homeowners' property tax exemption to a replacement dwelling, as specified. Provides that a certain limitation does not apply to any person who turned 55 years of age subsequent to being granted, as a claimant, the property tax relief provided therein. 05/18/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on REVENUE AND TAXATION.

34 64.CA SB 253 Nielsen (R) Veterans: Homelessness Summary: Makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to the Veterans Housing and Homeless Prevention Bond Act, which authorizes the issuance of bonds to provide multifamily housing to veterans and which requires programs that focus on veterans at risk for homelessness or experiencing temporary or chronic homelessness. 02/16/2017To SENATE Committee on RULES. 65.CA SB 266 Dodd (D) Armed Service Members: Consumer Loans Summary: Amends the Banking Law, the Credit Union Law, the Finance Lenders Law, and the Deferred Deposit Transaction Law to update references to the Military Lending Act. Makes changes concerning discrimination with respect to the terms of a loan or financing based on a person's membership in the military or naval forces of the state or of the United States. 05/18/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on BANKING AND FINANCE.

35 66.CA SB 330 Berryhill (R) Building Permit Fees: Waiver 04/18/2017 Summary: Authorizes cities and counties to waive all building permit fees in the case of a veteran who has a service-connected disability, as recognized by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, and is making improvements to his or her home to accommodate that disability. To ASSEMBLY Committees on`local GOVERNMENT and VETERANS 06/01/2017 AFFAIRS. 67.CA SB 339 Roth (D) Veterans Treatment Courts: Judicial Council Assessment 05/26/2017 Summary: Requires the Judicial Council to report to the Legislature on a study of veterans and veterans treatment courts that includes a statewide assessment of veterans treatment courts currently in operation and a survey of counties that do not operate such courts that identifies barriers to program implementation and assesses the need for such courts in those counties. Creates the Veterans Court Assessment Fund. 05/31/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (39-0)

36 68.CA SB 359 Galgiani (D) Professions and Vocations: Military Medical Personnel Summary: Promotes and pursues programmatic changes to nursing and paramedic licensure requirements for California's military medical personnel in order to recognize the talent, skills, and training of these military medical personnel. 02/23/2017To SENATE Committee on RULES. 69.CA SB 404 Stone (R) Property Taxation: Senior and Disabled Veterans 04/18/2017 Summary: Relates to ad valorem taxes on real property. Provides that the inflation factor shall not apply to the principal place of residence, including a manufactured home, of a qualified veteran who is 65 years of age or older on the lien date and was honorably discharged from military service. Exempts the full value of the principal place of residence of a veteran or veteran's spouse. Makes technical and conforming changes to the disabled veteran's property tax exemption. 05/25/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in committee.

37 70.CA SB 408 Nguyen (R) Income Taxes Withholding: Exemption: Active Duty Summary: Excludes from withholding wages, salaries, fees, or other compensation paid to a resident of the state while he or she is in active military duty. 02/23/2017 To SENATE Committee on GOVERNANCE AND FINANCE. 71.CA SB 409 Nguyen (R) Veterans Homes: Residents with Complex Mental Needs 04/03/2017 Summary: Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a plan to accommodate more veterans suffering from complex mental and behavioral health needs a resident members of the state veterans homes which operate within the Veterans' Home of California System. 05/31/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (40-0)

38 72.CA SB 410 Nguyen (R) Civil Service: Veterans' Hiring Preference 04/17/2017 Summary: Relates to civil service examination exemptions and certain hiring preferences for veterans. Authorizes the Department of Human Resources or a designated appointing authority to use a signed document by an applicant's commanding officer of the military to verify an applicant's military service. To ASSEMBLY Committees on VETERANS AFFAIRS and PUBLIC 06/05/2017 EMPLOYEES, RETIREMENT AND SOCIAL SECURITY. 73.CA SB 411 Nguyen (R) State Military Reservists: Service Awards 03/30/2017 Summary: Establishes the State Military Reserve and Naval Militia Length of Service Award Act. Makes an appropriation to the Military Department to pay an award per month for life to a qualified person who completes specified years of satisfactory volunteer service in the State Military Reserve or the Naval Militia. 05/25/2017 In SENATE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS: Held in committee.

39 74.CA SB 455 Newman (D) Pupil Enrollment: Military Dependents 04/05/2017 Summary: Provides that a pupil complies with the residency requirements for a school district if the pupil's parent is transferred or is pending transfer to a military installation within the state while on active military duty pursuant to an official military order. Requires a parent to provide proof of residence in the school district within a specified days after the published arrival date provided on official documentation. 05/18/2017 To ASSEMBLY Committees on EDUCATION and VETERANS AFFAIRS. 75.CA SB 485 Nielsen (R) Veterans Homes 04/24/2017 Summary: Revises and recasts provisions of existing law which provide for the operation of veterans' homes and which establish the duties of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Provides for the senior executive appointed to oversee the operations of such homes and specifies which homes are administered by the Department. Requires the adoption of uniform statewide policies and procedures. Makes changes concerning

40 criteria for veterans' home admission, payment of fees by resident spouses, funding, and specified fund. 05/31/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (40-0) 76.CA SB 488 Bradford (D) Insurers: Women, Minority, Disabled Veteran, Veteran 05/02/2017 Summary: Adds veteran and lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender business enterprises to the entities for which certain insurer reporting concerning procurement is required. Requires an admitted insurer to submit a report regarding its governing board and board diversity efforts and provides for public access to the aggregate of governing board and board diversity data reported by insurers. Provides that governing board and board diversity data collected pursuant to these provisions is confidential. 05/30/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (38-0) 77.CA SB 694 Newman (D) Community Colleges: Veteran Resource Centers

41 05/02/2017 Summary: Require the California Community Colleges to ensure that each of its campuses provides a dedicated on-campus Veteran Resource Center that offers services to help student veterans transition successfully from military life to educational success through the core components of academics, wellness, and camaraderie. Establishes hour, space, service, and staffing requirements for Veteran Resource Centers. 05/31/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (40-0) 78.CA SB 718 Anderson (R) Terrorism: Civil Action Summary: Subjects property used in the course of, intended for use in the course of, derived from, or realized through an act of terrorism, by a person or entity who committed, who aided a person or entity to commit, to civil forfeiture. Authorizes a person who is injured by an act of terrorism to bring an action to recover damages against a person or entity who committed the act of terrorism. 04/25/2017In SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY: Failed passage. 04/25/2017 In SENATE Committee on JUDICIARY: Reconsideration granted. 79.CA SB 725

42 Jackson (D) Veterans: Pretrial Diversion: Driving Privileges Summary: Specifies that a misdemeanor offense for which a defendant may be placed in a pretrial diversion program includes a misdemeanor violation of driving under the influence or driving under the influence and causing bodily injury. 06/01/2017 To ASSEMBLY Committee on PUBLIC SAFETY. 80.CA SB 728 Newman (D) State Public Employee: Sick Leave Summary: Relates to the California Wounded Warriors Transitional Leave Act. Grants a state officer or employee who serves as a member of the National Guard or federal military reserve force who is called up to active military service and as a result sustains a military service connected disability an additional credit for sick leave with pay for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for a service connected disability. 05/31/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (40-0) 81.CA SB 731 Newman (D) Public School Employees Veteran Leave of Absence

43 05/03/2017 Summary: Relates to leave of absence for veteran public school employees. Includes a certified employee who is a member or military veteran of the California National Guard or reserve component of the federal military returning from federal military mobilization with a military service-connected disability. Includes a classified employee. 05/26/2017 To ASSEMBLY Committees on VETERANS AFFAIRS and EDUCATION. 82.CA SB 741 Mendoza (D) Charitable Raffles 05/09/2017 Summary: Amends an existing law which authorizes a major league sports raffle at a sports game conducted by an eligible organization for the purpose of directly supporting specified charitable purposes. Authorizes a nonprofit organization to conduct a raffle for specified purposes. From SENATE Committee on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION with 05/09/2017 author's amendments. In SENATE. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Committee 05/09/2017 on GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION. IfAmended 83.CA SB 747

44 Newman (D) State Military: Officer Commissions 04/19/2017 Summary: Relates to the Military Department. Authorizes the continuation of the commission of specified officers when such officers have had a permanent change of residence outside of the State. Permits an officer residing outside of the State to transfer to the National Guard of any other state or territory or a federal military reserve unit. Prohibits the State from granting a transfer if certain provisions apply, including, but not limited to, when the officer is under investigation or mobilized for deployment. 06/01/2017To ASSEMBLY Committee on VETERANS AFFAIRS. 84.CA SB 776 Newman (D) Corrections: Veterans Benefits 05/26/2017 Summary: Requires the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to provide one employee, other than a correctional officer or other custodial employee, for every 5 state prisons who is trained and accredited by the Department of Veterans Affairs to assist incarcerated veterans in applying for and receiving any federal veterans benefits for which they may be eligible. 05/31/2017 In SENATE. Read third time. Passed SENATE. *****To ASSEMBLY. (39-0) Copyright 2017 State Net