republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20072008/ab-392.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military service: benefits."
description: "Military service: benefits."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 392"
citation: "California AB 392 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military service: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2007-02-15"
last_action: "2007-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf8dcf24-b858-42c5-a362-8e241ee2c357"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392"
source_hash: "b6977b7657468d1bfc331080f0dfc91559949cde56c95e5ecf0662f3ee26b4ad"
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 392 (20072008) — Military service: benefits.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/07 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392&version=20070AB39299INT)
2. **03/22/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392&version=20070AB39298AMD)
3. **05/14/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392&version=20070AB39297AMD)
4. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392&version=20070AB39296AMD)
5. **09/05/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392&version=20070AB39295AMD)
6. **10/09/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392&version=20070AB39293CHP)
7. **AB392** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392)
8. **09/20/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB392&version=20070AB39294ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB392 Lieu Urgency Clause — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 392 Lieu Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 392 LIEU Third Reading Urgency — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)
- Krekorian — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2007-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2007-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2007-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment and V. A. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, referral-committee`
- **2007-03-26** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2007-03-29** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on V. A. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-04-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-14** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. (Page 1467.). `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-05-17** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1514.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-17** 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 Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations (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 Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-11** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2007-08-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-05** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-06** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-10** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2530.) `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 68. Noes 6. Page 3296.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 361, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf8dcf24-b858-42c5-a362-8e241ee2c357`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).