---
type: "Bill"
title: "High school graduation: military uniforms."
description: "Existing law prescribes the requirements for a pupil to earn a diploma of graduation from high school, including the completion of a specified course of study and passage of the high school exit examination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1463"
citation: "California AB 1463 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["High school graduation: military uniforms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smyth"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa40aa04-0223-43da-bd66-7f182245b63c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463"
source_hash: "ea13b6436de00f960b22a1c586ec956cb6c10de7905cd4ca08177fd70e23a6ee"
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 1463 (20092010) — High school graduation: military uniforms.

Existing law prescribes the requirements for a pupil to earn a diploma of graduation from high school, including the completion of a specified course of study and passage of the high school exit examination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463&version=20090AB146399INT)
2. **04/16/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463&version=20090AB146398AMD)
3. **05/06/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463&version=20090AB146397AMD)
4. **07/15/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463&version=20090AB146396AMD)
5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463&version=20090AB146394CHP)
6. **AB1463** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463)
7. **08/25/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1463&version=20090AB146395ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1463 SMYTH Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB1463 Smyth — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1463 SMYTH Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smyth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1538.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (July 8). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time, amended, and to Consent Calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 1840.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-17** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 19 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2661.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-08-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
- **2009-09-08** Returned by the Governor at the request of the Assembly.
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 296, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa40aa04-0223-43da-bd66-7f182245b63c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).