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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 81: Veterans: mental health.

Vetoed Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted
  6. Vetoed

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 81 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on December 19, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Veterans: mental health. Primary sponsor: Tri Ta (R). It lists 10 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2026): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tri TaPrimary sponsorRepublicanAssembly70
Juan AlanisCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly22
Phillip ChenCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly59
Steven ChoiCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate37
Laurie DaviesCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly74
James GallagherCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly3
Mike GipsonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly65
Jeff GonzalezCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly36
Tom LackeyCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly34
David TangipaCo-sponsorRepublicanAssembly8
Lori WilsonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
  2. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
  3. Vetoed by Governor.
  4. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  5. In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2520.).
  7. Ordered to special consent calendar.
  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
  10. In committee: Referred to suspense file.
  11. 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.
  12. Referred to Com. on M. & V.A.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page