republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-153.md

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Bill	Military fraud.	Existing law requires certain elected officers to forfeit their office upon the conviction of a crime pursuant to the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005 that involves a false claim of receipt of any military decoration or medal, as specified, or the California Stolen Valor Act that involves a false claim, made with the intent to defraud, that the person is a veteran or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. Existing law, the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2013, prohibits a person, with the intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible property, from fraudulently holding oneself out to be a recipient of a military decoration or medal, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 153	California AB 153 (20172018)	bill	Military fraud.	enacted	Chávez	4	22	9	2017-01-11	2017-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3b4c223e-8ddc-4568-ade2-3d0a1e7847d2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB153	e8991c9e531a9c9d00793dad55ac812de410df607bea3d587b58d7afc53040e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 153 (20172018) — Military fraud.

Existing law requires certain elected officers to forfeit their office upon the conviction of a crime pursuant to the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2005 that involves a false claim of receipt of any military decoration or medal, as specified, or the California Stolen Valor Act that involves a false claim, made with the intent to defraud, that the person is a veteran or a member of the Armed Forces of the United States. Existing law, the federal Stolen Valor Act of 2013, prohibits a person, with the intent to obtain money, property, or other tangible property, from fraudulently holding oneself out to be a recipient of a military decoration or medal, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 01/11/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 10/08/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB153 (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Special Consent Calendar # AB153 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 153 CHÁVEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chávez — primary (person)
• Acosta — coauthor (person)
• Brough — coauthor (person)
• Lackey — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)
• Mayes — coauthor (person)
• Steinorth — coauthor (person)
• Voepel — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-11 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-01-12 From printer. May be heard in committee February 11.
• 2017-01-30 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2017-02-13 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-03-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 28). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-05 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-04-06 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1142.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-04-20 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-10 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2017-06-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 6). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-10 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2907.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 576, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3b4c223e-8ddc-4568-ade2-3d0a1e7847d2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).