republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-406.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Battery: security officers and custodial officers."
description: "Existing law establishes the crime of battery against, among other persons, any one of several specified public safety officers, or a physician or nurse rendering emergency medical care, when the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is such a person. The crime is punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment when an injury is not inflicted on the victim."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 406"
citation: "California SB 406 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Battery: security officers and custodial officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Liu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/17e247ba-fdba-4b22-8d1d-e551ad3cd2db"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB406"
source_hash: "757686cd42aafcdaeb6f4c27c7af50085c0d43abbb63adbd29fc404e582dc440"
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 406 (20112012) — Battery: security officers and custodial officers.

Existing law establishes the crime of battery against, among other persons, any one of several specified public safety officers, or a physician or nurse rendering emergency medical care, when the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim is such a person. The crime is punishable by a fine not exceeding $2,000, or by imprisonment in a county jail not exceeding one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment when an injury is not inflicted on the victim.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB406&version=20110SB40699INT)
2. **04/14/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB406&version=20110SB40698AMD)
3. **06/01/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB406&version=20110SB40697AMD)
4. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB406&version=20110SB40695CHP)
5. **SB406** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB406)
6. **08/16/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB406&version=20110SB40696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 406 Liu Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB406 Liu Concurrence — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Liu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-15** Set for hearing March 29.
- **2011-03-24** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-04-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 742.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1034.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-19** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-06** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (July 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2343.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1910.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 10 a.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 250, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/17e247ba-fdba-4b22-8d1d-e551ad3cd2db`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).