---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military service: benefits."
description: "Existing law authorizes members of the United States Military Reserve and National Guard who are called to active duty as a result of the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts to defer payments on specified obligations for the period of active duty, as specified, including up to 2 loans subject to the Automobile Sales Finance Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 2455"
citation: "California AB 2455 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military service: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nava"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2010-02-19"
last_action: "2010-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9d61e27-eade-47e6-9fc6-9439c950d5af"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2455"
source_hash: "3ce08c5cd6edd80889bf18b08fa53386aeaecb93ed9de4d4ad27ce79a8e77604"
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 2455 (20092010) — Military service: benefits.

Existing law authorizes members of the United States Military Reserve and National Guard who are called to active duty as a result of the Iraq or Afghanistan conflicts to defer payments on specified obligations for the period of active duty, as specified, including up to 2 loans subject to the Automobile Sales Finance Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/10 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2455&version=20090AB245599INT)
2. **07/19/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2455&version=20090AB245597CHP)
3. **AB2455** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2455)
4. **07/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB2455&version=20090AB245598ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2455 NAVA Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2455 Nava — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Nava — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2010-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2010-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2010-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2010-03-11** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-04-05** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-04-06** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4551.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-04-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-04-29** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2010-06-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (June 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-24** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4200.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-07-01** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2010-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2010-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 124, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f9d61e27-eade-47e6-9fc6-9439c950d5af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).