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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vehicles: special interest license plates and decals: former American prisoners of war (POWs)."
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description: "Existing law authorizes private organizations, including veterans' organizations, to participate in special interest license plate programs in which the Department of Motor Vehicles issues license plates with a participating organization's distinctive design or decal, and specifies the various fees concerning the issuance, renewal, registration, and replacement of damaged or unserviceable plates and decals. Existing law permits an eligible person who is a former American prisoner of war to apply for specially designed license plates for his or her vehicle that include distinctive lettering indicating \"POW\" and \"Ex-Prisoner of War\" and generally exempts that vehicle from registration and vehicle license fees (VLF) ."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 498"
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citation: "California AB 498 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vehicles: special interest license plates and decals: former American prisoners of war (POWs)."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hayashi"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2009-02-24"
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last_action: "2010-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a905701-0f45-4052-88bd-95a7ee75eabb"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498"
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source_hash: "f7f3dc770f5cd3da85698a12d850ac65a609d01eeee9f1f3348ad4e3423afba2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 498 (20092010) — Vehicles: special interest license plates and decals: former American prisoners of war (POWs).
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Existing law authorizes private organizations, including veterans' organizations, to participate in special interest license plate programs in which the Department of Motor Vehicles issues license plates with a participating organization's distinctive design or decal, and specifies the various fees concerning the issuance, renewal, registration, and replacement of damaged or unserviceable plates and decals. Existing law permits an eligible person who is a former American prisoner of war to apply for specially designed license plates for his or her vehicle that include distinctive lettering indicating "POW" and "Ex-Prisoner of War" and generally exempts that vehicle from registration and vehicle license fees (VLF) .
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/24/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49899INT)
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2. **01/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49896AMD)
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3. **01/25/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49895AMD)
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4. **04/16/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49898AMD)
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5. **04/22/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49897AMD)
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6. **06/01/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49894AMD)
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7. **08/17/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49893AMD)
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8. **09/27/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49891CHP)
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9. **AB498** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498)
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10. **08/30/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB498&version=20090AB49892ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- AB 498 HAYASHI Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- AB 498 HAYASHI Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Assembly 3rd Reading AB498 Hayashi By Denham — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Be referred to Committee on Transportation. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hayashi — primary (person)
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- Lieu — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
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- **2009-04-13** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and H. & C.D. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-20** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-23** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on RULES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on TRANS. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 7). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2010-01-11** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3746.)
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- **2010-01-12** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (January 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-01-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2010-01-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-01-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-01-27** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 3889.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2010-02-11** Referred to Com. on T. & H. `referral-committee`
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- **2010-06-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on T. & H. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2010-06-16** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2010-06-28** In committee: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2010-08-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 12). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2010-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4673.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2010-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2010-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6521.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2010-09-02** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3:45 p.m.
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- **2010-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2010-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 345, Statutes of 2010.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a905701-0f45-4052-88bd-95a7ee75eabb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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