---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers: hiring."
description: "Peace officers: hiring."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2028"
citation: "California AB 2028 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers: hiring."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Solorio"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2008-02-15"
last_action: "2008-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3f3d0d05-576d-42ec-b95c-b9fd2db9523e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028"
source_hash: "7f3eabd21850d094ab1d59408c659a4800808f4ce261404f0f52b1cb01fa4156"
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 2028 (20072008) — Peace officers: hiring.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028&version=20070AB202899INT)
2. **06/16/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028&version=20070AB202898AMD)
3. **07/01/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028&version=20070AB202897AMD)
4. **08/04/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028&version=20070AB202896AMD)
5. **09/27/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028&version=20070AB202894CHP)
6. **AB2028** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028)
7. **08/14/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2028&version=20070AB202895ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2028 SOLORIO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2028 Solorio By Padilla — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2028 SOLORIO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Solorio — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-04-29** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-30** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-05-05** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4981.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2008-06-17** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-06-17** Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Rules. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2008-06-30** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-01** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2008-08-05** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-08-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4874.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-08-12** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6339.)
- **2008-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6341.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-09-17** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:45 p.m.
- **2008-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 437, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3f3d0d05-576d-42ec-b95c-b9fd2db9523e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).