BILL NUMBER: AB 258	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 23, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Chávez

                        FEBRUARY 7, 2013

   An act to add Section 11019.11 to the Government Code, relating to
state agencies.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 258, as amended, Chávez. State agencies: veterans.
   Existing law provides for the governance and regulation of state
agencies, as defined. Existing law provides certain benefits and
protections for members of the Armed Forces of the United States.
   This bill would require  , on or after July 1, 2014, 
every state agency that requests on any written form or written
publication, or through its Internet Web site, whether a person is a
veteran, to request that information in a specified manner.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11019.11 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   11019.11.  (a) Every state agency that requests on any written
form or written publication, or through its Internet Web site,
whether a person is a veteran, shall request that information only in
the following format: "Have you ever served in the  United
States  military?"
   (b) This section shall apply only to a written form or written
publication that is newly printed on or after  January
 July  1, 2014.