republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-282.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Crimes: military decorations."
description: "Crimes: military decorations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 282"
citation: "California AB 282 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes: military decorations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2007-02-09"
last_action: "2007-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/905fe6dc-79c0-433b-a2df-cffbd7ebd8a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB282"
source_hash: "72e0c0dc1456a55f4d9a6fc6dae7f25348752a2fb801aa8983fa59568c03a46f"
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 282 (20072008) — Crimes: military decorations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/09/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB282&version=20070AB28299INT)
2. **05/17/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB282&version=20070AB28298AMD)
3. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB282&version=20070AB28297AMD)
4. **10/09/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB282&version=20070AB28295CHP)
5. **AB282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB282)
6. **09/14/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB282&version=20070AB28296ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB282 Cook By Wyland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 282 COOK Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 282 Cook Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Anderson — coauthor (person)
- Battin — coauthor (person)
- Benoit — coauthor (person)
- Cogdill — coauthor (person)
- Correa — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)
- Wyland — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-09** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2007-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety and V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on V. A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-05-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** From Consent Calendar. To third reading pursuant to Joint Rule 22.2.
- **2007-05-17** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1530.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1571.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Veterans Affairs and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-05** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-17** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-07** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2435.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3276.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-18** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2007-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 360, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/905fe6dc-79c0-433b-a2df-cffbd7ebd8a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).