--- type: "Bill" title: "Peace officers: certification." description: "Proposed law, as proposed to be added by Senate Bill 2 of the 2021-22 Regular Session, authorizes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to revoke a certified peace officer's certification under specified circumstances, and states that an action by a law enforcement agency or decision resulting from an appeal of an agency's action does not preclude action by the commission to investigate, suspend, or revoke a peace officer's certification." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20212022" identifier: "SB 586" citation: "California SB 586 (20212022)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Peace officers: certification."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"] version_count: 7 action_count: 29 vote_count: 9 first_action: "2021-02-18" last_action: "2021-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bea5ec4-5080-483e-a359-641d596e5f32" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586" source_hash: "d7cb1af6988e3414fad8e4a8009bd1958040c93859cd195434afa9eee3d117d6" 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 SB 586 (20212022) — Peace officers: certification. Proposed law, as proposed to be added by Senate Bill 2 of the 2021-22 Regular Session, authorizes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to revoke a certified peace officer's certification under specified circumstances, and states that an action by a law enforcement agency or decision resulting from an appeal of an agency's action does not preclude action by the commission to investigate, suspend, or revoke a peace officer's certification. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586&version=20210SB58699INT) 2. **05/25/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586&version=20210SB58698AMD) 3. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586&version=20210SB58697AMD) 4. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586&version=20210SB58696AMD) 5. **09/30/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586&version=20210SB58694CHP) 6. **SB586** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586) 7. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB586&version=20210SB58695ENR) ## Votes - Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB586 Bradford et al. — **30–7** (pass) · upper - SB 586 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Akilah Weber Amend By WEBER, A. Set #1 — **53–15** (pass) · lower - Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB586 Bradford Concurrence — **28–9** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower - SB 586 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Akilah Weber — **52–20** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bradford — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2021-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2021-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21. - **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with. - **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.) - **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.) - **2021-03-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2021-03-23** Set for hearing April 13. - **2021-04-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 778.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-04-21** Set for hearing May 3. - **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file. - **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20. - **2021-05-24** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1197.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 1382.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2021-07-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file. - **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 2788.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2021-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 20. Page 3133.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2634.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m. - **2021-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2021-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 429, Statutes of 2021. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bea5ec4-5080-483e-a359-641d596e5f32`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).