Existing law establishes categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. Under existing law, in certain counties, any deputy sheriff, who is employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of county custodial facilities, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary functions of employment relating to his or her custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by his or her employing agency during a local state of emergency.
California SB 1254 (20112012) — Peace officers: deputy sheriffs.
Existing law establishes categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. Under existing law, in certain counties, any deputy sheriff, who is employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of county custodial facilities, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of his or her employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary functions of employment relating to his or her custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by his or her employing agency during a local state of emergency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1254 La Malfa Consent Calendar Second Day — 79–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent #11 SB1254 La Malfa — 39–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
La Malfa — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2012-02-23 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2012-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2012-03-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2012-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2012-04-12 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-04-13 Set for hearing April 24.
2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3312.) (April 24). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-04-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2012-05-03 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2012-05-11 Set for hearing May 21.
2012-05-16 Withdrawn from committee.
2012-05-16 Ordered to second reading.
2012-05-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2012-05-23 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 3667.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-05-30 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2012-06-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2012-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2012-06-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 5421.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2012-06-25 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2012-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2012-07-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2012-07-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 66, Statutes of 2012.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3a7f22ce-b5fd-4958-b072-4a86f5f777ba. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).