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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Regional property crimes task force."
+description: "Existing law authorizes the Governor to appoint and commission individuals designated by a railroad company to serve as police officers. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to coordinate with the Department of Justice to convene a regional property crimes task force to identify geographic areas experiencing increased levels of property crimes and assist local law enforcement with resources, such as personnel and equipment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "AB 1972"
+citation: "California AB 1972 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Regional property crimes task force"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Alanis"]
+version_count: 7
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2024-01-30"
+last_action: "2024-08-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/229c595a-043c-424d-b12d-4b6ec4e026d6"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972"
+source_hash: "c3720df8d7dbddc4b7fa356515e355ea493bad4675f386f18577499c834e922d"
+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 1972 (20232024) — Regional property crimes task force.
+
+Existing law authorizes the Governor to appoint and commission individuals designated by a railroad company to serve as police officers. Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to coordinate with the Department of Justice to convene a regional property crimes task force to identify geographic areas experiencing increased levels of property crimes and assist local law enforcement with resources, such as personnel and equipment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/30/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972&version=20230AB197299INT)
+2. **04/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972&version=20230AB197298AMD)
+3. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972&version=20230AB197297AMD)
+4. **06/26/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972&version=20230AB197296AMD)
+5. **08/16/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972&version=20230AB197294CHP)
+6. **AB1972** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972)
+7. **08/12/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1972&version=20230AB197295ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- AB 1972 Alanis Assembly Third Reading — **70–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3rd Reading AB1972 Alanis et al. By Wilk Urgency Clause — **38–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1972 Alanis Concurrence - Urgency Added — **75–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Alanis — primary (person)
+- Alvarado-Gil — coauthor (person)
+- Bradford — coauthor (person)
+- Davies — coauthor (person)
+- Dixon — coauthor (person)
+- Hoover — coauthor (person)
+- Juan Carrillo — coauthor (person)
+- Lackey — coauthor (person)
+- Megan Dahle — coauthor (person)
+- Newman — coauthor (person)
+- Petrie-Norris — principal coauthor (person)
+- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
+- Schiavo — coauthor (person)
+- Villapudua — coauthor (person)
+- Vince Fong — principal coauthor (person)
+- Wallis — coauthor (person)
+- Wilk — coauthor (person)
+- Zbur — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2024-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 1.
+- **2024-02-12** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-11** Coauthors revised.
+- **2024-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-11** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-04-15** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-04-25** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-05-02** From Consent Calendar.
+- **2024-05-02** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2024-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5506.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2024-05-29** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 17). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-06-26** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-06-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2024-08-08** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5008.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2024-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2024-08-12** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6269.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2024-08-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
+- **2024-08-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2024-08-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 167, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/229c595a-043c-424d-b12d-4b6ec4e026d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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