Tom Umberg
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 34
Author
Existing law establishes within state government a Military Department that includes, among other things, the office of the Adjutant General, the California National Guard, and the State Guard. Existing law generally governs the administration of the military, including its enlisted persons and officers. Existing law provides that an enlisted person may be discharged from the California National Guard under honorable, general, or undesirable conditions without a court-martial and requires a bad conduct or dishonorable discharge to be awarded only by a court-martial. Existing law specifies the causes for discharge of an enlisted person from the California National Guard and provides the conditions for the Governor or the Adjutant General to discharge an enlisted person. Existing law authorizes the discharge of an officer from the California National Guard only by sentence of a general court-martial and approval by the Governor. Existing law prohibits a person from being commissioned or enlisted in the State Guard if the person is not a citizen of the United States or has not declared their intent to become a citizen of the United States or has been expelled from a military or naval organization, as specified. The bill would specify that a person is not eligible to commission or enlist in the California National Guard or State Guard if that person actively participates in, among other things, advocating for, or engaging in, the use of unlawful force, unlawful violence, or other illegal means to deprive an individual of their rights, as specified. This bill would require an officer or enlisted person to be discharged from the State Guard under undesirable conditions, or receive an other than honorable discharge from the California National Guard, if that person actively participates in that same conduct.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 774, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 33. Noes 0.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 0. Page 6443.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 2).
June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 10).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on M. & V.A.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3920.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
Set for hearing May 13.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 3724.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 23 in JUD. pending receipt.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3512.) (April 8).
Set for hearing April 8.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 3.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB901 | HTML |
| 01/03/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/11/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/15/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/04/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/12/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/03/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/24- Senate Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs | |
| 04/19/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/15/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/07/24- Assembly Military and Veterans Affairs | |
| 06/14/24- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 06/28/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 07/31/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/23/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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