---
type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers: minimum standards: bias evaluation."
description: "(1) Existing law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, that peace officers be evaluated by a physician and surgeon or psychologist and found to be free from any physical, emotional, or mental condition that might adversely affect the exercise of the powers of a peace officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2229"
citation: "California AB 2229 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers: minimum standards: bias evaluation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Luz Rivas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-15"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8d96c46c-cc35-497f-b73f-39dd39fa49ec"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2229"
source_hash: "1a4a6d14c79b7e520701b0dbcc5f0fb63c743c1579f22e8e6a68bb1864aba629"
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 2229 (20212022) — Peace officers: minimum standards: bias evaluation.

(1) Existing law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, that peace officers be evaluated by a physician and surgeon or psychologist and found to be free from any physical, emotional, or mental condition that might adversely affect the exercise of the powers of a peace officer.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/15/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2229&version=20210AB222999INT)
2. **08/02/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2229&version=20210AB222998AMD)
3. **08/04/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2229&version=20210AB222997AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2229&version=20210AB222995CHP)
5. **AB2229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2229)
6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2229&version=20210AB222996ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2229 Luz Rivas Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2229 Luz Rivas et al. By Gonzalez Urgency Clause — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2229 Luz Rivas Third Reading Urgency — **68–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Luz Rivas — primary (person)
- Irwin — author (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-15** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-16** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2022-02-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-18** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4256.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 31). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-04** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4954.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-23** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 16. Page 6056.)
- **2022-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 6083.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 959, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8d96c46c-cc35-497f-b73f-39dd39fa49ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).