Existing law prohibits a public entity from demanding a fee or compensation for, among other things, a certified copy of specified military records, and of public records to be used in a claim related to veterans' benefits, as specified, provided to the person who is the subject of the record, a family member or legal representative of that person, a county office that provides veterans' benefits services, or a federal official upon written request.
California AB 778 (20152016) — Fees: military service records.
Existing law prohibits a public entity from demanding a fee or compensation for, among other things, a certified copy of specified military records, and of public records to be used in a claim related to veterans' benefits, as specified, provided to the person who is the subject of the record, a family member or legal representative of that person, a county office that provides veterans' benefits services, or a federal official upon written request.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 778 MAIENSCHEIN Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Maienschein — primary (person)
Baker — coauthor (person)
Bates — coauthor (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Huff — coauthor (person)
Leno — coauthor (person)
McCarty — coauthor (person)
Vidak — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-25 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
2015-03-12 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2015-04-09 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-04-13 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-14 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-04-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1224.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-04-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-05-14 Referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee
2015-06-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1620.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-25 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2015-07-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2015-07-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-07-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 84, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f16e1afe-66ae-466d-8299-c51199d5a3d8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).