---
type: "Bill"
title: "Elective office: military service."
description: "Existing law prescribes the manner in which a person may be nominated to run for office, including the form and filing of a declaration of candidacy and nomination paper."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 754"
citation: "California AB 754 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elective office: military service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fletcher"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 17
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-07-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e8995f00-e08c-4bdd-a6b5-87da9f04b385"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB754"
source_hash: "015c0388e40028f18ee03516e51b1a16d194308040c82f68205a2ada89bce136"
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 754 (20112012) — Elective office: military service.

Existing law prescribes the manner in which a person may be nominated to run for office, including the form and filing of a declaration of candidacy and nomination paper.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB754&version=20110AB75499INT)
2. **04/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB754&version=20110AB75498AMD)
3. **07/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB754&version=20110AB75496CHP)
4. **AB754** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB754)
5. **06/15/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB754&version=20110AB75497ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 754 FLETCHER Assembly Third Reading — **74–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fletcher — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-07** Referred to Com. on E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1170.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on E. & C.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1383.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-06-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:40 a.m.
- **2011-06-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 57, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e8995f00-e08c-4bdd-a6b5-87da9f04b385`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).