---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training."
description: "Existing law establishes in the Department of Justice a Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint members to the commission, 2 of whom are required to be members of the public who are not peace officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 399"
citation: "California SB 399 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 30
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-20"
last_action: "2019-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b37edcb-25da-481c-a34b-0c15955232ef"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB399"
source_hash: "770930badeb85c23640dfd04d707e2799095bbacd8100c36e109b5182f8220e8"
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 399 (20192020) — Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

Existing law establishes in the Department of Justice a Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint members to the commission, 2 of whom are required to be members of the public who are not peace officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB399&version=20190SB39999INT)
2. **09/06/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB399&version=20190SB39998AMD)
3. **10/08/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB399&version=20190SB39996CHP)
4. **SB399** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB399)
5. **09/13/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB399&version=20190SB39997ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB399 Atkins Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Consent Calendar SB399 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 399 Atkins Consent Calendar Second Day — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 399 Atkins Senate Third Reading By Kamlager-Dove — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Atkins — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2019-02-28** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2019-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 624.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-04-11** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2019-04-22** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-04-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 823.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2019-05-16** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2019-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2019-06-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (June 19). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-06-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-06-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2459.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-06-27** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-08-30** Withdrawn from engrossing and enrolling.
- **2019-08-30** Ordered to the Assembly.
- **2019-08-30** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
- **2019-09-05** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, passed and ordered to the Senate.
- **2019-09-05** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-06** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-06** Ordered to third reading.
- **2019-09-10** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3345.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2019-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2019-09-11** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2019-09-11** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2867.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2019-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2019.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b37edcb-25da-481c-a34b-0c15955232ef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).