--- type: "Bill" title: "Peace officer training: wandering." description: "Existing law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) . Existing law requires POST to include in its basic training course adequate instruction in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "AB 2541" citation: "California AB 2541 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Peace officer training", "wandering"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bains"] version_count: 5 action_count: 27 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2024-02-13" last_action: "2024-09-21" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3838b396-ceaa-4520-bd99-3d6b0bc9ffef" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2541" source_hash: "d38de3383906b446eed96e78fd23e5807f24fb3db811825b942c2a57547cb957" 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 2541 (20232024) — Peace officer training: wandering. Existing law requires specified categories of law enforcement officers to meet training standards pursuant to courses of training certified by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) . Existing law requires POST to include in its basic training course adequate instruction in the handling of persons with developmental disabilities or mental illness, or both. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2541&version=20230AB254199INT) 2. **08/07/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2541&version=20230AB254198AMD) 3. **09/21/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2541&version=20230AB254196CHP) 4. **AB2541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2541) 5. **08/26/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2541&version=20230AB254197ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading AB2541 Bains By Limón — **40–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2541 Bains Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **8–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper - AB 2541 Bains Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Bains — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2024-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2024-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15. - **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-04-10** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-04-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-04-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-04-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2024-06-10** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2024-06-11** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-06-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4492.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-06-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage` - **2024-06-24** Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling. - **2024-06-24** Ordered to the Senate. - **2024-06-25** In Senate. Held at Desk. - **2024-08-07** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `passage, reading-3` - **2024-08-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2024-08-07** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5237.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-08-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2024-08-22** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 0. Page 6432.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-08-28** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2024-09-21** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-09-21** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 333, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3838b396-ceaa-4520-bd99-3d6b0bc9ffef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).