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SB-604 • 2026

Veterans’ benefits: farm and home purchase.

Veterans’ benefits: farm and home purchase.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Alvarado-Gil
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact nature and extent of the technical changes are not specified.

Veterans' Benefits: Farm and Home Purchase

The bill makes minor adjustments to the existing law related to veterans buying farms or homes through a special loan program.

What This Bill Does

  • Updates some parts of the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974, which is also called the CalVet Home Loan Program.
  • Makes technical changes that do not alter how the program operates or who can use it.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Veterans who want to buy farms or homes through a special loan program.
  • The Department of Veterans Affairs, which runs the CalVet Home Loan Program.

Terms To Know

CalVet Home Loan Program
A program that helps veterans get loans to buy farms or homes.
Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974
The law that created the CalVet Home Loan Program.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only makes technical, nonsubstantive changes to how the program is described.
  • It does not specify what kind of changes will be made to the existing law.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    Returned to Secretary of Senate pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2025-03-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  3. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  4. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 604, as introduced, Alvarado-Gil.
Veterans’ benefits: farm and home purchase.
Existing law provides for farm and home purchase benefits for qualifying veterans under the Veterans’ Farm and Home Purchase Act of 1974, which is also known as the CalVet Home Loan Program, and places responsibility for program administration with the Department of Veterans Affairs. Existing law defines specified terms for these purposes.
This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.

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