CA AB 81

vetoed

Veterans: mental health.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 81 pass?

No. CA AB 81 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 81 about?

Existing law establishes the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department, among other services, provides veterans and their dependents and survivors with assistance in processing service-related disability claims, assistance in obtaining affordable housing, and information about health ailments associated with military service. This bill would require the department to establish a program to fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature, an academic study of mental health among women veterans in California, as specified. The bill would require the department to submit a report that summarizes the findings and recommendations of the study to the Legislature no later than June 30, 2029. The bill would repeal these provisions on January 1, 2030.

Who sponsors CA AB 81?

Ta is the primary sponsor of CA AB 81, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2024-12-19
Latest action: 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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2025-10-11
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-11
Vetoed by Governor.
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2025-09-11
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2025-09-04
In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2025-09-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.).
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2025-09-02
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-07-15
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
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2025-06-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2054.)
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-04-23
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
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2025-04-09
Coauthors revised.
2025-04-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-02-03
Referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
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2025-01-06
Read first time.
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2024-12-20
From printer. May be heard in committee January 19.
2024-12-19
Introduced. To print.
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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-08 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (8)
- Valencia: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Davies: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Carrillo: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
AB 81 Ta Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 78-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Haney: yes
- Addis: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Flora: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Ortega: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ta: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Berman: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bains: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Krell: yes
- Ward: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Fong: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Hart: yes
- Papan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Solache: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Soria: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Lee: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-14 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Umberg: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Special Consent AB81 Ta et al. By Grove
2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Stern: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Choi: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Niello: yes
- Grove: yes
- Jones: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Strickland: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Becker: yes
- Reyes: other

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