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Bill	Peace officers: Maritime Peace Officer Standards Training Act of 2013.	Existing law establishes in the Department of Justice, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law requires the commission to adopt, and authorizes the commission to amend, rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of various peace officers, including city police officers and peace officer members of a county sheriff's office. Existing law also requires the commission to carry out various duties related to peace officer education and training, including, among other duties, establishing a certificate program for peace officers, making inquiries to ensure adherence to standards for the recruitment and training of peace officers, and implementing specified courses of instruction in procedures applicable in specific circumstances, such as domestic violence and child abuse or neglect. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt those regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of these provisions relating to peace officer standards and training.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 979	California AB 979 (20132014)	bill	Peace officers: Maritime Peace Officer Standards Training Act of 2013.	enacted	Weber	6	21	5	2013-02-22	2013-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/c04c7c22-23db-4b49-8a7f-35f86679fe5e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB979	ed278381db4d63512ae291d31abe47d608d3e131629c8be168544f6d63294191	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 979 (20132014) — Peace officers: Maritime Peace Officer Standards Training Act of 2013.

Existing law establishes in the Department of Justice, the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law requires the commission to adopt, and authorizes the commission to amend, rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of various peace officers, including city police officers and peace officer members of a county sheriff's office. Existing law also requires the commission to carry out various duties related to peace officer education and training, including, among other duties, establishing a certificate program for peace officers, making inquiries to ensure adherence to standards for the recruitment and training of peace officers, and implementing specified courses of instruction in procedures applicable in specific circumstances, such as domestic violence and child abuse or neglect. Existing law authorizes the commission to adopt those regulations as are necessary to carry out the purposes of these provisions relating to peace officer standards and training.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB979 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB979 Weber By Anderson — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 979 WEBER Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 17–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Weber — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-22 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2013-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
• 2013-02-25 Read first time. reading-1
• 2013-03-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-01 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-04-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1812.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2013-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-03 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2091.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-03 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2013-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 619, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c04c7c22-23db-4b49-8a7f-35f86679fe5e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).