---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers."
description: "Peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1254"
citation: "California AB 1254 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Malfa"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0bfda35-6b14-40f4-9a9a-715014badcf6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1254"
source_hash: "cc661359bf1625ea0c0d9a5794c777e8bb41518f337921acb13c1c9b1a1dd044"
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 1254 (20032004) — Peace officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1254&version=20030AB125499INT)
2. **04/09/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1254&version=20030AB125498AMD)
3. **06/16/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1254&version=20030AB125497AMD)
4. **07/15/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1254&version=20030AB125495CHP)
5. **AB1254** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1254)
6. **06/30/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1254&version=20030AB125496ENR)

## Votes

- special consent #16 ab1254 la malfa by denham — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1254 la malfa consent calendar second day regular session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1254 la malfa concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- do pass, to consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Malfa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 70, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-03** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2003-06-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2567.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-06-26** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-06-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1456.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-16** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-06-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-06-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-08** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1562.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-01** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-10** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0bfda35-6b14-40f4-9a9a-715014badcf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).