republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-636.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Military service: benefits."
description: "Existing law provides certain protections for members of the National Guard ordered into active state service by the Governor or active federal service by the President of the United States for emergency purposes, and for reservists called to active duty, as specified, including requiring that specified institutions that grant a student a military leave of absence make arrangements to reasonably accommodate and assist the student in meeting coursework requirements missed due to military service, credit the student's tuition and fee charges toward a subsequent academic term, or grant a refund of tuition and fees paid by the student for the academic term provided the student withdraws from the institution by a specified date, at the student's election."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 636"
citation: "California AB 636 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military service: benefits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Knight"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f8fba46-8d17-43f9-adbe-64b307dd8926"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636"
source_hash: "f37ba008f4483726468767c96ea3f730b05cb82e7352496bfb3b263df4227ba2"
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 AB 636 (20112012) — Military service: benefits.

Existing law provides certain protections for members of the National Guard ordered into active state service by the Governor or active federal service by the President of the United States for emergency purposes, and for reservists called to active duty, as specified, including requiring that specified institutions that grant a student a military leave of absence make arrangements to reasonably accommodate and assist the student in meeting coursework requirements missed due to military service, credit the student's tuition and fee charges toward a subsequent academic term, or grant a refund of tuition and fees paid by the student for the academic term provided the student withdraws from the institution by a specified date, at the student's election.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636&version=20110AB63699INT)
2. **04/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636&version=20110AB63698AMD)
3. **05/09/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636&version=20110AB63697AMD)
4. **07/12/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636&version=20110AB63696AMD)
5. **09/21/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636&version=20110AB63694CHP)
6. **AB636** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636)
7. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB636&version=20110AB63695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 636 KNIGHT Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB636 Knight By Correa — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Higher Education. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Education. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 636 KNIGHT Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Knight — primary (person)
- Beth Gaines — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2011-03-03** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 3). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-10** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1707.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-08** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (August 15). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2012.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2557.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2011-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 293, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9f8fba46-8d17-43f9-adbe-64b307dd8926`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).