---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement uniforms."
description: "Existing law prohibits the wearing of a military uniform, as specified, by any person not authorized to wear that uniform."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 480"
citation: "California SB 480 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement uniforms."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Archuleta"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 27
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509d261e-1c68-4728-8d22-e45901c52bd5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480"
source_hash: "c587ed73f8317f34c7c7d8013f5260f1e1e236de47de09ee7be72236bb5a4dcb"
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 SB 480 (20192020) — Law enforcement uniforms.

Existing law prohibits the wearing of a military uniform, as specified, by any person not authorized to wear that uniform.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48099INT)
2. **01/09/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48098AMD)
3. **01/14/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48097AMD)
4. **07/27/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48096AMD)
5. **08/10/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48095AMD)
6. **08/25/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48094AMD)
7. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48092CHP)
8. **SB480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480)
9. **09/02/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB480&version=20190SB48093ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–6** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB480 Archuleta Concurrence — **34–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 480 Archuleta Senate Third Reading By Jones-Sawyer — **57–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Archuleta — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-21** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2019-03-07** Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-07** Set for hearing January 13.
- **2020-01-09** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3079.) (January 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-01-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Set for hearing January 21.
- **2020-01-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3120.) (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-01-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-01-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3131.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-07-27** August 3 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-08-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (August 5). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (August 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2020-08-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-25** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 13. Page 5306.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 1.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 336, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509d261e-1c68-4728-8d22-e45901c52bd5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).