---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military service: protection: mediator."
description: "Military service: protection: mediator."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2641"
citation: "California AB 2641 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military service: protection: mediator."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-22"
last_action: "2008-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/815145ac-3aab-46ab-bfa2-37f15f5a7d48"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2641"
source_hash: "b8a4be498c256390af77a914df07bec01b93d27e9605f45924b0f88b654c9224"
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 2641 (20072008) — Military service: protection: mediator.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2641&version=20070AB264199INT)
2. **04/14/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2641&version=20070AB264198AMD)
3. **04/21/08 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2641&version=20070AB264197AMD)
4. **09/30/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2641&version=20070AB264195CHP)
5. **AB2641** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2641)
6. **08/08/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2641&version=20070AB264196ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2641 COOK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations Recommend Consent. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #35 AB2641 Cook — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-22** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2008-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2008-03-13** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-17** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-05-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-22** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5261.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-10** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-25** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-08-04** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4852.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-07** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2008-09-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2008-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 642, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/815145ac-3aab-46ab-bfa2-37f15f5a7d48`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).