---
type: "Bill"
title: "County sheriffs."
description: "County sheriffs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1579"
citation: "California AB 1579 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County sheriffs."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2001-07-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c43589-24a5-404c-8f66-619dceff20dd"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1579"
source_hash: "a0cdf786e8316ed874350eecf275d7faf8cb3d65bb7676f917367c3f35989273"
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 1579 (20012002) — County sheriffs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1579&version=20010AB157999INT)
2. **05/15/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1579&version=20010AB157998AMD)
3. **06/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1579&version=20010AB157997AMD)
4. **07/05/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1579&version=20010AB157995CHP)
5. **AB1579** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1579)
6. **06/25/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1579&version=20010AB157996ENR)

## Votes

- Special Consent #17 AB1579 Kehoe — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1579 Kehoe Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1579 Kehoe Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-07-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 41, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-07-04** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-06-27** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-06-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2497.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-06-21** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1650.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-31** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-17** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-05-17** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1683.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2001-05-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 9). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Local Government. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1c43589-24a5-404c-8f66-619dceff20dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).