---
type: "Bill"
title: "Code enforcement officers."
description: "Existing law defines the term \"code enforcement officer\" as a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2228"
citation: "California AB 2228 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Code enforcement officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cooley"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-08-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ca1b70b-5df9-4c6a-b6bb-e055093d6f38"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228"
source_hash: "2fc63a7df6e5062a86a5fc5e7bc16c880b74c9e76a806019021abda1d46c8688"
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 2228 (20152016) — Code enforcement officers.

Existing law defines the term "code enforcement officer" as a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228&version=20150AB222899INT)
2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228&version=20150AB222898AMD)
3. **05/09/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228&version=20150AB222897AMD)
4. **08/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228&version=20150AB222895CHP)
5. **AB2228** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228)
6. **08/17/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228&version=20150AB222896ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2228 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading — **68–10** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2228 Cooley By Glazer — **31–6** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **18–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cooley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-17** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and L. GOV. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (April 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-09** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4719.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 10. Page 4768.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 4963.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-08-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-08-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ca1b70b-5df9-4c6a-b6bb-e055093d6f38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).