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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act: discipline."
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description: "The Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act prohibits any punitive action, or denial of promotion on grounds other than merit, to be undertaken for any act, omission, or other allegation of misconduct if an investigation of an allegation against a public safety officer is not completed within one year of the public agency's discovery by a person authorized to initiate an investigation of the allegation of an act, omission, or other misconduct that occurred on or after January 1, 1998. Existing law requires the public agency to complete its investigation and notify the public safety officer of its proposed disciplinary action within that year if it determines that discipline may be taken."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20092010"
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identifier: "AB 955"
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citation: "California AB 955 (20092010)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act: discipline."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["De Leon"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2009-02-26"
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last_action: "2009-10-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9acfe21-e8ee-474c-a493-7e41a129e8c0"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955"
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source_hash: "4413bac136a271904560452ead9d009981f171c0caaa0e42ef1c5da7493ff476"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 955 (20092010) — Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act: discipline.
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The Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act prohibits any punitive action, or denial of promotion on grounds other than merit, to be undertaken for any act, omission, or other allegation of misconduct if an investigation of an allegation against a public safety officer is not completed within one year of the public agency's discovery by a person authorized to initiate an investigation of the allegation of an act, omission, or other misconduct that occurred on or after January 1, 1998. Existing law requires the public agency to complete its investigation and notify the public safety officer of its proposed disciplinary action within that year if it determines that discipline may be taken.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/26/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955&version=20090AB95599INT)
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2. **04/13/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955&version=20090AB95598AMD)
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3. **04/28/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955&version=20090AB95597AMD)
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4. **06/22/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955&version=20090AB95596AMD)
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5. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955&version=20090AB95594CHP)
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6. **AB955** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955)
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7. **09/02/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB955&version=20090AB95595ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Special Consent #16 AB955 De Leon — **pass** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 955 DE LEON Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
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- AB 955 DE LEON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- De Leon — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2009-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2009-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
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- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2009-04-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2009-04-28** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-04-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1629.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2009-06-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
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- **2009-06-29** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2009-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2009-07-15** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2009-08-18** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2009-08-24** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
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- **2009-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1978.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2009-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2009-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2812.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2009-09-04** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 494, Statutes of 2009.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a9acfe21-e8ee-474c-a493-7e41a129e8c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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