Peace officers: independent institutions of higher education: security officers.
Existing law designates all persons who meet specified standards as peace officers. Existing law requires any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or police officer, as specified, to successfully complete a course of training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training before exercising the powers of a peace officer. Under existing law, a person regularly employed as a security officer for an independent institution of higher education is not a peace officer but may exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer during the course and within the scope of his or her employment if the employing institution of higher education has concluded a memorandum of understanding, permitting the exercise of authority, with the sheriff or the chief of police within whose jurisdiction the institution lies.
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AB 2361
California AB 2361 (20152016)
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Peace officers: independent institutions of higher education: security officers.
California AB 2361 (20152016) — Peace officers: independent institutions of higher education: security officers.
Existing law designates all persons who meet specified standards as peace officers. Existing law requires any sheriff, undersheriff, deputy sheriff or police officer, as specified, to successfully complete a course of training prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training before exercising the powers of a peace officer. Under existing law, a person regularly employed as a security officer for an independent institution of higher education is not a peace officer but may exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer during the course and within the scope of his or her employment if the employing institution of higher education has concluded a memorandum of understanding, permitting the exercise of authority, with the sheriff or the chief of police within whose jurisdiction the institution lies.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2361 SANTIAGO Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 75–4 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2361 Santiago By Glazer — 38–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2361 SANTIAGO Assembly Third Reading — 71–3 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Santiago — primary (person)
Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (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.
2016-03-03 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2016-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2016-04-05 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2016-04-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 12). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2016-04-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2016-04-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-05-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 3. Page 4622.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-05-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2016-05-12 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
2016-06-15 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
2016-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-06-23 Withdrawn from committee.
2016-06-23 Ordered to second reading.
2016-06-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-11 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-16 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 5127.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-24 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 75. Noes 4. Page 6195.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2016-09-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 356, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/afb39510-af47-4358-85db-0391cc3b0fb2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).