---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement agency policies: carrying of equipment."
description: "Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force, as specified. Existing law places certain restrictions on the use of force by law enforcement agencies, including prohibiting the use of a choke hold or carotid restraint."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1406"
citation: "California AB 1406 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement agency policies: carrying of equipment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lackey"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf8733ad-c044-4fc6-8004-291a2eaa4375"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1406"
source_hash: "b37149a7156275506cb92eed1f5ef70659f973f217e658c76cc03f2137d858ff"
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 1406 (20212022) — Law enforcement agency policies: carrying of equipment.

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force, as specified. Existing law places certain restrictions on the use of force by law enforcement agencies, including prohibiting the use of a choke hold or carotid restraint.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1406&version=20210AB140699INT)
2. **01/03/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1406&version=20210AB140698AMD)
3. **01/27/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1406&version=20210AB140697AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1406&version=20210AB140695CHP)
5. **AB1406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1406)
6. **08/25/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1406&version=20210AB140696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB1406 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1406 Lackey Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lackey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2022-01-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (January 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-01-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 3396.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-01-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3427.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** 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 and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4975.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **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 945, 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/cf8733ad-c044-4fc6-8004-291a2eaa4375`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).