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Bill	Driver's licenses: veteran designation.	Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a driver's license to an applicant when the department determines that the applicant is lawfully entitled to a license. Existing law allows an in-person applicant for a driver's license or identification card to request the word "VETERAN" be printed on the face of the driver's license or identification card, subject to certain requirements, including, among others, verification of veteran status, as specified, and payment of a $5 fee, which the department is authorized to increase by regulation, in an amount not to exceed $15, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 363	California AB 363 (20172018)	bill	Driver's licenses: veteran designation.	enacted	Quirk-Silva	6	26	9	2017-02-08	2017-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/03d6dde6-77c4-4e0c-992b-45980c2c4270	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB363	094bed9489e60818ca8e92b4f4d1d139e0d70c2df2362cf25c3a22e403f0c0e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 363 (20172018) — Driver's licenses: veteran designation.

Existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue a driver's license to an applicant when the department determines that the applicant is lawfully entitled to a license. Existing law allows an in-person applicant for a driver's license or identification card to request the word "VETERAN" be printed on the face of the driver's license or identification card, subject to certain requirements, including, among others, verification of veteran status, as specified, and payment of a $5 fee, which the department is authorized to increase by regulation, in an amount not to exceed $15, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/01/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/08/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/08/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB363 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent Calendar # AB363 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 363 QUIRK-SILVA Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 363 Quirk-Silva Special Consent Calendar 1st Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Quirk-Silva — primary (person)
• Frazier — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 11.
• 2017-02-21 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2017-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1815.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on T. & H. referral-committee
• 2017-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 20). 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: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (September 1). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 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 2912.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3422.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-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 579, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/03d6dde6-77c4-4e0c-992b-45980c2c4270. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).