---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers."
description: "Peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1931"
citation: "California AB 1931 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["La Malfa"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2004-02-10"
last_action: "2004-09-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa269ad7-0de4-4da5-bef7-c4752c19acb0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1931"
source_hash: "fd562ded3316849b1695d6e6e10cb71cd26811824b44c32ac57caccf873661ba"
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 1931 (20032004) — Peace officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1931&version=20030AB193199INT)
2. **08/10/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1931&version=20030AB193198AMD)
3. **09/14/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1931&version=20030AB193196CHP)
4. **AB1931** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1931)
5. **08/24/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1931&version=20030AB193197ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab1931 la malfa by aanestad — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1931 la malfa concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1931 la malfa assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- La Malfa — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 516, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-08-31** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 7554.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5112.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-10** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-06-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-06-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-04-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-03-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-03-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4929.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-03-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-03-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2004-02-26** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
- **2004-02-10** 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/fa269ad7-0de4-4da5-bef7-c4752c19acb0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).