republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-305.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Veteran services: notice."
description: "Existing law requires every state agency that requests on any written form or written publication, or through its internet website, whether a person is a veteran, to request that information in a specified manner."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 305"
citation: "California AB 305 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Veteran services: notice."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-25"
last_action: "2022-09-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/700080c3-e488-4ae8-a38c-7a0aaf33117f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305"
source_hash: "92166c66d8357df6a64034ee30abbccd3dd3ad97d4c61edaf85eaaa3916ac516"
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 305 (20212022) — Veteran services: notice.

Existing law requires every state agency that requests on any written form or written publication, or through its internet website, whether a person is a veteran, to request that information in a specified manner.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/25/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305&version=20210AB30599INT)
2. **05/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305&version=20210AB30598AMD)
3. **06/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305&version=20210AB30597AMD)
4. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305&version=20210AB30595AMD)
5. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305&version=20210AB30596AMD)
6. **09/17/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305&version=20210AB30593CHP)
7. **AB305** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305)
8. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB305&version=20210AB30594ENR)

## Votes

- AB 305 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 305 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB305 — **40–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Maienschein — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2021-02-12** Referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1753.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-01** Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Eggman.
- **2022-08-25** From inactive file.
- **2022-08-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2022-08-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5368.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 376, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/700080c3-e488-4ae8-a38c-7a0aaf33117f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).