Peace officers.
Summary
Existing law required the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before June 1, 2023, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission, within 2 years of the submission of the report, to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report. This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Sep 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Sep 2025
Signed into Law
Oct 2025
Introduced Feb 14, 2025
Signed Oct 1, 2025
Floor votes · Senate May 29, 2025 · Assembly Sep 11, 2025
How they voted
38–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 40
May 29, 2025
D
Democratic30
93% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
26
Key actions
11
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Oct 1, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Sep 12, 2025
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Sep 11, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (76-0-3)
assembly
Sep 11, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3271.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jul 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).
lower
Jun 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Jun 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
May 29, 2025
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (38-0-2)
senate
May 29, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Apr 21, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Mar 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Feb 26, 2025
Committee
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR.
upper
Feb 14, 2025
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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