republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-167.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California Stolen Valor Act."
description: "Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to falsely represent himself or herself as a veteran, ex-serviceman, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States in connection with specified acts. Existing law provides that any person who, orally, in writing, or by wearing any military decoration, falsely represents himself or herself to have been awarded any military decoration, with the intent to defraud, is guilty of a misdemeanor, or in the case where the person committing the offense is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, an infraction or a misdemeanor, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 167"
citation: "California AB 167 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California Stolen Valor Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-01-20"
last_action: "2011-07-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/909957f3-45f1-4f8a-bc4f-982636f1edf1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB167"
source_hash: "5168cea9e1772fa472fcc1e2233d19e6bc607375271979b128f331e9144856d4"
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 167 (20112012) — California Stolen Valor Act.

Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for a person to falsely represent himself or herself as a veteran, ex-serviceman, or member of the Armed Forces of the United States in connection with specified acts. Existing law provides that any person who, orally, in writing, or by wearing any military decoration, falsely represents himself or herself to have been awarded any military decoration, with the intent to defraud, is guilty of a misdemeanor, or in the case where the person committing the offense is a veteran of the Armed Forces of the United States, an infraction or a misdemeanor, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/20/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB167&version=20110AB16799INT)
2. **03/25/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB167&version=20110AB16798AMD)
3. **06/02/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB167&version=20110AB16797AMD)
4. **07/08/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB167&version=20110AB16795CHP)
5. **AB167** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB167)
6. **06/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB167&version=20110AB16796ENR)

## Votes

- AB 167 COOK Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Veterans Affairs to Consent Calendar. — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be placed on the Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 167 COOK Assembly Third Reading — **62–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cook — primary (person)
- Harman — coauthor (person)
- Jeffries — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Knight — coauthor (person)
- Lieu — coauthor (person)
- Mansoor — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Runner — coauthor (person)
- Silva — coauthor (person)
- Wagner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-01-21** From printer. May be heard in committee February 20.
- **2011-02-03** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 15). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-25** 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, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-04-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 977.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-04-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-12** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-15** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 1473.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2011-06-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2049.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-06-27** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-07-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-07-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 69, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/909957f3-45f1-4f8a-bc4f-982636f1edf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).