---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers: deputy sheriffs."
description: "Peace officers: deputy sheriffs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2346"
citation: "California AB 2346 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers: deputy sheriffs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2002-02-21"
last_action: "2002-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c9638d5f-0d12-4f71-a599-31faa5d657b1"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346"
source_hash: "55f43a80865f2a1611826b9f0b3c80f4030582acd843f02a9efed5dc6fa025cb"
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 2346 (20012002) — Peace officers: deputy sheriffs.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/21/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234699INT)
2. **05/01/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234698AMD)
3. **05/15/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234697AMD)
4. **06/03/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234696AMD)
5. **06/18/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234695AMD)
6. **06/24/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234694AMD)
7. **07/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234692CHP)
8. **AB2346** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346)
9. **06/30/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2346&version=20010AB234693ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2346 Dickerson Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- SPECIAL CONSENT CALE AB2346 Dickerson By McPherson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2346 Dickerson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Ashburn — coauthor (person)
- Chesbro — coauthor (person)
- Florez — principal coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Wiggins — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 185, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-07-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-07-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2002-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 7094.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-06-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5032.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-06-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-06-24** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-06-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-30** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-23** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6347.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-05-16** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (May 7). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-22** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2002-02-21** Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c9638d5f-0d12-4f71-a599-31faa5d657b1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).