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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act."
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description: "The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act authorizes the Governor to annually award and present in the name of the State of California a Medal of Valor to one or more public safety officers, as defined, who are cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor Review Board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. The act also establishes the Medal of Valor Review Board that recommends candidates to the Attorney General for the Medal of Valor from among the applications received by the board."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 489"
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citation: "California AB 489 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2015-02-23"
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last_action: "2015-09-28"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07d952e5-d1b1-4ed0-b810-ebec8af72c47"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB489"
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source_hash: "a3cfd623cb6cdd349c4a4de3992d8d1c35df75f2469567116e0195daa7879b74"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 489 (20152016) — Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act.
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The Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor Act authorizes the Governor to annually award and present in the name of the State of California a Medal of Valor to one or more public safety officers, as defined, who are cited by the Attorney General, upon the recommendation of the Medal of Valor Review Board, for extraordinary valor above and beyond the call of duty. The act also establishes the Medal of Valor Review Board that recommends candidates to the Attorney General for the Medal of Valor from among the applications received by the board.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/23/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB489&version=20150AB48999INT)
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2. **06/15/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB489&version=20150AB48998AMD)
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3. **09/28/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB489&version=20150AB48996CHP)
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4. **AB489** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB489)
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5. **08/31/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB489&version=20150AB48997ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 489 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB489 Gonzalez By Block — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 489 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gonzalez — primary (person)
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- Bates — coauthor (person)
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- Block — coauthor (person)
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- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-23** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-24** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
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- **2015-03-05** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-04-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-04-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-20** From Consent Calendar.
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- **2015-04-20** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2015-04-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1103.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-04-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-05-07** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-06-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2015-06-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-13** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
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- **2015-07-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2146.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2015-08-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2609.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2015-09-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2015-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2015-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2015.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07d952e5-d1b1-4ed0-b810-ebec8af72c47`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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