---
type: "Bill"
title: "State military: inspector general."
description: "Existing law establishes the California Military Department Inspector General to investigate alleged violations of law or gross mismanagement or waste of funds. Existing law establishes qualifications for a person serving in the position of inspector general, including, among other things, that the inspector general be subordinate to the Adjutant General."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 481"
citation: "California SB 481 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State military: inspector general."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Umberg"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bf70636-9df6-4573-aaa0-64259ef1eb81"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB481"
source_hash: "fea5376b40a028d79faec7dadf7e708830624477fe5a630526b552007cc1c033"
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 481 (20192020) — State military: inspector general.

Existing law establishes the California Military Department Inspector General to investigate alleged violations of law or gross mismanagement or waste of funds. Existing law establishes qualifications for a person serving in the position of inspector general, including, among other things, that the inspector general be subordinate to the Adjutant General.

## 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=201920200SB481&version=20190SB48199INT)
2. **05/01/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB481&version=20190SB48198AMD)
3. **10/09/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB481&version=20190SB48196CHP)
4. **SB481** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB481)
5. **09/11/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB481&version=20190SB48197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 481 Umberg Senate Third Reading By Eggman — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Umberg — 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 V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Set for hearing March 26.
- **2019-03-20** March 26 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-03-26** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-02** April 9 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2019-04-10** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 807.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2019-05-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1178.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-22** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-30** Referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3172.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-09** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2019-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 704, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bf70636-9df6-4573-aaa0-64259ef1eb81`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).