republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20192020/sb-267.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Driver's licenses: United States Foreign Service."
description: "Existing law requires a California driver's license held by a person who enters or is in the United States Armed Forces to continue in full force and effect, so long as, among other things, the service continues and the person remains absent from this state, and for a period not to exceed 30 days following the date the holder of the license is honorably separated from service or returns to this state. Existing law extends this benefit to a spouse of that person, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 267"
citation: "California SB 267 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Driver's licenses: United States Foreign Service."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-10-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/848b396b-f880-4ca6-9508-8999c6288c1e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB267"
source_hash: "86cea78efbf8b2174cc0214cf618b2f8fc016978af069cb8becc90966c8c5806"
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 SB 267 (20192020) — Driver's licenses: United States Foreign Service.

Existing law requires a California driver's license held by a person who enters or is in the United States Armed Forces to continue in full force and effect, so long as, among other things, the service continues and the person remains absent from this state, and for a period not to exceed 30 days following the date the holder of the license is honorably separated from service or returns to this state. Existing law extends this benefit to a spouse of that person, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB267&version=20190SB26799INT)
2. **06/10/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB267&version=20190SB26798AMD)
3. **06/19/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB267&version=20190SB26797AMD)
4. **10/03/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB267&version=20190SB26795CHP)
5. **SB267** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB267)
6. **09/06/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB267&version=20190SB26796ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **12–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB267 Wieckowski Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 267 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By Fong — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar SB267 — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Wieckowski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-13** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 804.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-26** Set for hearing May 6.
- **2019-05-06** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1003.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2956.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-03** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-04** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2530.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2019-10-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-03** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 503, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/848b396b-f880-4ca6-9508-8999c6288c1e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).