republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-107.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Licensure: veterans and military spouses."
description: "Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs (department) , under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs, is comprised of various boards that license and regulate various professions and vocations. Existing law requires an applicant seeking a license from a board within the department to meet specified requirements and to pay certain licensing fees. Existing law requires a board within the department to issue, after appropriate investigation, certain types of temporary licenses to an applicant if the applicant meets specified requirements, including that the applicant supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders and the applicant submits an application to the board that includes a signed affidavit attesting to the fact that the applicant meets all of the requirements for a temporary license and that the information submitted in the application is accurate, to the best of the applicant's knowledge. Under existing law, some of the funds within the jurisdiction of a board consist of revenue from fees that are continuously appropriated. Existing law authorizes a board to adopt regulations necessary to administer these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 107"
citation: "California AB 107 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Licensure: veterans and military spouses."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4abf6b85-d446-43d0-bf19-5f86b99672ff"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107"
source_hash: "67d60ca6f55add918595c912ac78e8f3327b60c7a30ff1b117ae72a99deb808e"
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 107 (20212022) — Licensure: veterans and military spouses.

Under existing law, the Department of Consumer Affairs (department) , under the control of the Director of Consumer Affairs, is comprised of various boards that license and regulate various professions and vocations. Existing law requires an applicant seeking a license from a board within the department to meet specified requirements and to pay certain licensing fees. Existing law requires a board within the department to issue, after appropriate investigation, certain types of temporary licenses to an applicant if the applicant meets specified requirements, including that the applicant supplies evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is married to, or in a domestic partnership or other legal union with, an active duty member of the Armed Forces of the United States who is assigned to a duty station in this state under official active duty military orders and the applicant submits an application to the board that includes a signed affidavit attesting to the fact that the applicant meets all of the requirements for a temporary license and that the information submitted in the application is accurate, to the best of the applicant's knowledge. Under existing law, some of the funds within the jurisdiction of a board consist of revenue from fees that are continuously appropriated. Existing law authorizes a board to adopt regulations necessary to administer these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10799INT)
2. **02/25/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10798AMD)
3. **03/24/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10797AMD)
4. **04/20/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10796AMD)
5. **06/21/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10795AMD)
6. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10794AMD)
7. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10793AMD)
8. **09/02/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10792AMD)
9. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10790CHP)
10. **AB107** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107)
11. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB107&version=20210AB10791ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 107 Salas Assembly Third Reading — **79–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 107 Salas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Military and Veterans Affairs] — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB107 Salas et al. By Umberg — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Salas — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Jones — coauthor (person)
- Melendez — coauthor (person)
- Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Smith — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-12-17** From printer. May be heard in committee January 16.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Referred to Coms. on B. & P. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (March 23). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Coauthors revised.
- **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** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** 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 1719.) `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 B., P. & E.D. and M. & V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on M. & V.A. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** 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`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2462.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
- **2021-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2901.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4abf6b85-d446-43d0-bf19-5f86b99672ff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).