---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers and firefighters: canine units."
description: "Peace officers and firefighters: canine units."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 2131"
citation: "California AB 2131 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers and firefighters: canine units."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Niello"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2008-02-20"
last_action: "2008-08-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/493c1dd2-c89c-407b-bea6-352227c1e96c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2131"
source_hash: "816e4867a843e7ef847fb52564d3790a5d5ecb48d5d698309b6a299575ba5a9e"
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 2131 (20072008) — Peace officers and firefighters: canine units.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2131&version=20070AB213199INT)
2. **05/28/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2131&version=20070AB213198AMD)
3. **06/17/08 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2131&version=20070AB213197AMD)
4. **08/01/08 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2131&version=20070AB213195CHP)
5. **AB2131** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2131)
6. **07/15/08 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB2131&version=20070AB213196ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #31 AB2131 Niello By Cox — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2131 NIELLO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2131 NIELLO Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Niello — primary (person)
- Berryhill — coauthor (person)
- Cox — coauthor (person)
- DeVore — coauthor (person)
- Gaines — coauthor (person)
- Garrick — coauthor (person)
- Hollingsworth — coauthor (person)
- Horton — coauthor (person)
- Huff — coauthor (person)
- La Malfa — coauthor (person)
- Margett — coauthor (person)
- Maze — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Spitzer — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2008-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2008-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-03-25** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2008-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2008-04-09** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (April 9). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2008-04-10** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4749.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2008-05-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2008-05-28** 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`
- **2008-06-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) . `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-17** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2008-06-26** Withdrawn from committee. Ordered placed on second reading file.
- **2008-06-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2008-06-30** (Corrected July 1.)
- **2008-07-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4625.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2008-07-03** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 12 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2008-07-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 6041.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2008-07-21** Enrolled and to the Governor at 12:15 p.m.
- **2008-08-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2008-08-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 226, Statutes of 2008.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/493c1dd2-c89c-407b-bea6-352227c1e96c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).