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Bill	Code enforcement officers.	Existing law defines the term "code enforcement officer" as a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 2228	California AB 2228 (20152016)	bill	Code enforcement officers.	enacted	Cooley	6	22	6	2016-02-18	2016-08-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9ca1b70b-5df9-4c6a-b6bb-e055093d6f38	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2228	2fc63a7df6e5062a86a5fc5e7bc16c880b74c9e76a806019021abda1d46c8688	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2228 (20152016) — Code enforcement officers.

Existing law defines the term "code enforcement officer" as a person who is not a peace officer, who has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and who is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/16 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/16 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/30/16 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2228 (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/17/16 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 2228 COOLEY Assembly Third Reading — 68–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Local Government] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB2228 Cooley By Glazer — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 18–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cooley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2016-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2016-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2016-03-17 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and L. GOV. referral-committee
• 2016-03-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-03-28 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-04-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 18. Noes 1.) (April 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-05-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4719.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 10. Page 4768.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-05-12 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2016-05-19 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2016-06-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2016-06-21 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2016-08-01 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2016-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2016-08-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 4963.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2016-08-16 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2016-08-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2016-08-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2016-08-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2016.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9ca1b70b-5df9-4c6a-b6bb-e055093d6f38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).