--- type: "Bill" title: "Peace officers: basic training requirements." description: "Existing law requires peace officers to complete a basic training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and to pass an examination developed by the commission. Existing law generally requires a person who does not become employed as a peace officer within 3 years of passing the examination, or who has a 3-year or longer break in service, to pass the examination before exercising the powers of a peace officer." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20152016" identifier: "AB 1168" citation: "California AB 1168 (20152016)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Peace officers: basic training requirements."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Salas"] version_count: 5 action_count: 22 vote_count: 5 first_action: "2015-02-27" last_action: "2015-08-13" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681bc800-5f29-474b-94da-90241fc4557a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168" source_hash: "30175d5e813bccc05d913b4729d948875c45d3da0c72154ff7f6acfefb87473c" 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 1168 (20152016) — Peace officers: basic training requirements. Existing law requires peace officers to complete a basic training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and to pass an examination developed by the commission. Existing law generally requires a person who does not become employed as a peace officer within 3 years of passing the examination, or who has a 3-year or longer break in service, to pass the examination before exercising the powers of a peace officer. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116899INT) 2. **06/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116898AMD) 3. **08/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116896CHP) 4. **AB1168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168) 5. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116897ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent #4 — **39–0** (pass) · upper - AB 1168 SALAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - AB 1168 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **79–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Salas — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction` - **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31. - **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2015-06-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2015-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1` - **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2015-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1793.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2015-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2015-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2315.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2015-07-15** Enrolled measure version corrected. - **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2015-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2015-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2015. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681bc800-5f29-474b-94da-90241fc4557a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).