0:06 → 0:53(47s)
Chair (Senator Archuleta) opened the hearing, noted nine bills on the agenda, and called for a quorum; the committee proceeded as a subcommittee until the roll established a quorum.
A California State Senate Military and Veterans Affairs committee hearing considered nine bills affecting veterans, including proposals to exclude VA disability from income calculations for a property tax exemption (SB 888), create cemetery maintenance matching grants (SB 1040), exempt military retirement pay from state tax (SB 1407), simplify disabled-parking eligibility for permanently and totally disabled veterans (SB 1034), protect veterans from CalFresh cuts (SB 1201), and restrict out-of-state military operations in California without gubernatorial permission (SB 1354). Several bills were moved out of committee to appropriations or public safety; most passed the committee by unanimous or near-unanimous votes.
