republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-778.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fees: military service records."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 778"
citation: "California AB 778 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fees: military service records."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-25"
last_action: "2015-07-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f16e1afe-66ae-466d-8299-c51199d5a3d8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB778"
source_hash: "66fe23983338b769b0a9d68eaef09c8277ac4e34aa2a18b0e86982714fedbd73"
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 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.

1. **02/25/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB778&version=20150AB77899INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB778&version=20150AB77898AMD)
3. **04/13/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB778&version=20150AB77897AMD)
4. **07/14/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB778&version=20150AB77895CHP)
5. **AB778** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB778)
6. **06/29/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB778&version=20150AB77896ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f16e1afe-66ae-466d-8299-c51199d5a3d8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).