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type: "Bill"
title: "Peace officers: basic training requirements."
description: "Existing law requires peace officers to complete a basic training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and to pass an examination developed by the commission. Existing law generally requires a person who does not become employed as a peace officer within 3 years of passing the examination, or who has a 3-year or longer break in service, to pass the examination before exercising the powers of a peace officer."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 1168"
citation: "California AB 1168 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Peace officers: basic training requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Salas"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-08-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/681bc800-5f29-474b-94da-90241fc4557a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168"
source_hash: "30175d5e813bccc05d913b4729d948875c45d3da0c72154ff7f6acfefb87473c"
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 AB 1168 (20152016) — Peace officers: basic training requirements.
Existing law requires peace officers to complete a basic training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training and to pass an examination developed by the commission. Existing law generally requires a person who does not become employed as a peace officer within 3 years of passing the examination, or who has a 3-year or longer break in service, to pass the examination before exercising the powers of a peace officer.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116899INT)
2. **06/16/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116898AMD)
3. **08/13/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116896CHP)
4. **AB1168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168)
5. **07/13/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1168&version=20150AB116897ENR)
## Votes
- Special Consent #4**390** (pass) · upper
- AB 1168 SALAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **770** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **70** (pass) · lower
- AB 1168 SALAS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **790** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Salas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-14** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2015-04-22** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-04-23** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1226.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2015-06-16** 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. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-07-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2015-07-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1793.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-07-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-07-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2315.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-15** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2015-08-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2015-08-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-08-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2015.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/681bc800-5f29-474b-94da-90241fc4557a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).