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CA AB 1508

enacted

Governor's Military Council.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 1508 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1508 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 199, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 1508 about?

Existing law establishes the Governor's Military Council that advises the Governor on efforts to retain military installations and operations within the state. Under existing law, members of the council are appointed by the Governor and include bipartisan representatives from the Senate and Assembly, as specified. Existing law repeals the law establishing the council on January 1, 2026. This bill would extend the repeal date for those provisions until January 1, 2031.

Who sponsors CA AB 1508?

Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1508.

Description

Existing law establishes the Governor's Military Council that advises the Governor on efforts to retain military installations and operations within the state. Under existing law, members of the council are appointed by the Governor and include bipartisan representatives from the Senate and Assembly, as specified. Existing law repeals the law establishing the council on January 1, 2026. This bill would extend the repeal date for those provisions until January 1, 2031.

Introduced
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 199, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Committee on Military and Veterans Affairsauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-03

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-03-04

    From printer. May be heard in committee April 3.

  3. 2025-03-17

    Referred to Com. on M. & V.A.

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  4. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  5. 2025-04-23

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.

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  6. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  7. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1998.)

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  9. 2025-06-04

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  10. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on M. & V.A.

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  11. 2025-07-15

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  12. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  13. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  14. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. 2025-09-02

    Ordered to special consent calendar.

  16. 2025-09-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2524.).

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  17. 2025-09-04

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  18. 2025-09-15

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.

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  19. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  20. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 199, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (8)
    • Valencia: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Carrillo: other
  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other
  • AB 1508 M. & V. A. Assembly Third Reading By SCHIAVO

    2025-06-03 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • DeMaio: other
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-07-14 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Umberg: yes
  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes
  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
  • Special Consent AB1508 M. & V.A. (Schiavo) By Menjivar

    2025-09-04 · pass · 39-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Reyes: other

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