---
type: "Bill"
title: "Escheat: military awards."
description: "Escheat: military awards."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 938"
citation: "California AB 938 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Escheat: military awards."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dutra"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-25"
last_action: "2000-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a620446-7ced-4f2e-a518-b18246483cb6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938"
source_hash: "5d4ec8681e3d1db61dfeb20c72544a6d0a496a8da5777e6afea9a2d2315fb850"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 938 (19992000) — Escheat: military awards.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938&version=19990AB93899INT)
2. **03/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938&version=19990AB93896AMD)
3. **04/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938&version=19990AB93898AMD)
4. **05/05/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938&version=19990AB93894CHP)
5. **08/18/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938&version=19990AB93897AMD)
6. **AB938** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938)
7. **04/24/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB938&version=19990AB93895ENR)

## Votes

- AB 938 REYES THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 938 DUTRA CONCURRENCE URGENCY ADDED — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB938 Dutra Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · legislature
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dutra — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Ashburn — coauthor (person)
- Baldwin — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Baugh — coauthor (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Briggs — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Campbell — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Cardoza — coauthor (person)
- Cedillo — coauthor (person)
- Corbett — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- Dickerson — coauthor (person)
- Ducheny — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Frusetta — coauthor (person)
- Gallegos — coauthor (person)
- Granlund — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- House — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Kaloogian — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Leach — coauthor (person)
- Leonard — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Maddox — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Nakano — coauthor (person)
- Olberg — coauthor (person)
- Reyes — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thompson — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vincent — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)
- Wayne — coauthor (person)
- Wesson — coauthor (person)
- Wildman — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2000-05-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 16, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-05-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-04-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2000-04-24** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5921.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-04-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after April 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2000-04-13** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4146.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-04-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-04-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2000-03-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-03-08** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-01-12** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-05** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **1999-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **1999-06-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Housing and Community Development. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 2219.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-05-28** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-05-27** Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Reyes.
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78.
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **1999-04-13** Referred to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on C.P.,G.E. & E.D. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **1999-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a620446-7ced-4f2e-a518-b18246483cb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).