---
type: "Bill"
title: "Governor's Military Council."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Military Department, which contains the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, and other offices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 442"
citation: "California AB 442 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Governor's Military Council."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Irwin"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-23"
last_action: "2015-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e53e773f-87b2-4f7e-b80f-ec5ec5f7f30e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB442"
source_hash: "34d45c34cab8f554e70dee579dc4cee0d3c707260d30c57ea6701a4bb24a8b2d"
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 442 (20152016) — Governor's Military Council.

Existing law establishes the California Military Department, which contains the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, and other offices.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB442&version=20150AB44299INT)
2. **03/16/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB442&version=20150AB44298AMD)
3. **09/21/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB442&version=20150AB44296CHP)
4. **AB442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB442)
5. **09/02/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB442&version=20150AB44297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 442 IRWIN Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent #8 — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Irwin — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1223.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-08-26** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2311.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-31** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 298, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e53e773f-87b2-4f7e-b80f-ec5ec5f7f30e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).