--- type: "Bill" title: "Peace officers: Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board." description: "Existing law defines \"certification\" as a valid and unexpired basic certificate or proof of eligibility to serve as a peace officer issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 449" citation: "California SB 449 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board", "Peace officers"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"] version_count: 9 action_count: 31 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2023-02-13" last_action: "2023-10-07" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33ced4e5-423b-4b26-b1d6-609d6101e13b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449" source_hash: "56c0d2c06212e4976c21acdb4e689c73295f6fa5667473bebfbd5b8ce797dbcf" 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 449 (20232024) — Peace officers: Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board. Existing law defines "certification" as a valid and unexpired basic certificate or proof of eligibility to serve as a peace officer issued by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44999INT) 2. **03/20/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44998AMD) 3. **04/10/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44997AMD) 4. **05/25/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44996AMD) 5. **06/22/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44995AMD) 6. **09/07/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44994AMD) 7. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44992CHP) 8. **SB449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449) 9. **09/15/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB449&version=20230SB44993ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB449 Bradford Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower - SB 449 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Ting — **77–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **40–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bradford — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16. - **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-03** Set for hearing April 18. - **2023-04-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 803.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1. - **2023-05-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-05-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-25** Ordered to second reading. - **2023-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1404.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-06-15** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-07-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-08-16** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-08-17** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-08-24** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bryan. - **2023-08-24** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3141.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2023-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2734.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2023-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2023-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 397, Statutes of 2023. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33ced4e5-423b-4b26-b1d6-609d6101e13b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).