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Bill	Vehicles: disabled veterans.	Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates or distinguishing placards to disabled veterans for purposes of certain parking privileges. In issuing a special license plate or placard to a disabled veteran, existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to accept as proof of disability a certificate from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs certifying that the applicant is a disabled veteran.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 408	California AB 408 (20192020)	bill	Vehicles: disabled veterans.	enacted	Frazier	7	27	6	2019-02-07	2020-09-09	openstates	ocd-bill/1ae3bc31-37c2-4347-9230-7f71101a65c7	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB408	d4d1f22e7f5dba3be07f21319c7a4a32124689e41c9b6fcc030ad30c9a79d1cd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 408 (20192020) — Vehicles: disabled veterans.

Existing law authorizes the Department of Motor Vehicles to issue special license plates or distinguishing placards to disabled veterans for purposes of certain parking privileges. In issuing a special license plate or placard to a disabled veteran, existing law requires the Department of Motor Vehicles to accept as proof of disability a certificate from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs certifying that the applicant is a disabled veteran.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/23/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 02/26/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/13/19 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/09/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB408 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/31/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB408 — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 408 Frazier Assembly Third Reading — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Frazier — primary (person)
• Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2019-02-15 Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2019-02-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-02-27 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-03-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2019-03-14 Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-04-24 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2019-05-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2019-05-16 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2020-01-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (January 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-01-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-01-27 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3893.)
• 2020-01-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3902.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-01-28 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on TRANS. referral-committee
• 2020-08-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2020-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4375.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2020-09-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 42, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1ae3bc31-37c2-4347-9230-7f71101a65c7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).