---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property crimes: regional property crimes task force."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to coordinate with the Department of Justice to convene a regional property crimes task force to identify geographic areas experiencing increased levels of property crimes and assist local law enforcement with resources, such as personnel and equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1653"
citation: "California AB 1653 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property crimes: regional property crimes task force."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Patterson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-01-14"
last_action: "2022-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e4a51992-d42d-42cd-b667-4c9870a6102f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1653"
source_hash: "d8e0e40c8eea67ac62fdc7241fe9273331a135653ef97499a35204f947b81e7e"
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 1653 (20212022) — Property crimes: regional property crimes task force.

Existing law, until January 1, 2026, requires the Department of the California Highway Patrol to coordinate with the Department of Justice to convene a regional property crimes task force to identify geographic areas experiencing increased levels of property crimes and assist local law enforcement with resources, such as personnel and equipment.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/14/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1653&version=20210AB165399INT)
2. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1653&version=20210AB165397CHP)
3. **AB1653** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1653)
4. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1653&version=20210AB165398ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar AB1653 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1653 Patterson Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Patterson — primary (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Chen — coauthor (person)
- Kiley — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Nguyen — coauthor (person)
- Rodriguez — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-01-15** From printer. May be heard in committee February 14.
- **2022-01-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4214.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** 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** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4435.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 105, 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/e4a51992-d42d-42cd-b667-4c9870a6102f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).