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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Peace officers: Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board."
+description: "Existing law defines \"certification\" as a valid and unexpired basic certificate or proof of eligibility to serve as a peace officer issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20232024"
+identifier: "SB 449"
+citation: "California SB 449 (20232024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board", "Peace officers"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"]
+version_count: 9
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2023-02-13"
+last_action: "2023-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ced4e5-423b-4b26-b1d6-609d6101e13b"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449"
+source_hash: "56c0d2c06212e4976c21acdb4e689c73295f6fa5667473bebfbd5b8ce797dbcf"
+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 SB 449 (20232024) — Peace officers: Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board.
+
+Existing law defines "certification" as a valid and unexpired basic certificate or proof of eligibility to serve as a peace officer issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44999INT)
+2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44998AMD)
+3. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44997AMD)
+4. **05/25/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44996AMD)
+5. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44995AMD)
+6. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44994AMD)
+7. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44992CHP)
+8. **SB449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449)
+9. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44993ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Unfinished Business SB449 Bradford Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 449 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Ting — **77–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bradford — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
+- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 18.
+- **2023-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 803.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
+- **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-05-25** Ordered to second reading.
+- **2023-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1404.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2023-06-15** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
+- **2023-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
+- **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
+- **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
+- **2023-08-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan.
+- **2023-08-24** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3141.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
+- **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2734.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 397, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ced4e5-423b-4b26-b1d6-609d6101e13b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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