republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-1985.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate crimes: law enforcement policies."
description: "Existing law defines a \"hate crime\" as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to develop guidelines for instruction and training of law enforcement officers addressing hate crimes. Existing law requires state law enforcement agencies to adopt a framework or other formal policy on hate crimes created by POST."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 1985"
citation: "California AB 1985 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hate crimes: law enforcement policies."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-31"
last_action: "2018-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21a541b4-0d28-4bf0-a51a-6b0eeabd0227"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1985"
source_hash: "cf6fc30ac8f6862970349083d950a6a2413b52242b7351a2601cbe612a8b7edd"
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 1985 (20172018) — Hate crimes: law enforcement policies.

Existing law defines a "hate crime" as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to develop guidelines for instruction and training of law enforcement officers addressing hate crimes. Existing law requires state law enforcement agencies to adopt a framework or other formal policy on hate crimes created by POST.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/31/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1985&version=20170AB198599INT)
2. **02/28/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1985&version=20170AB198598AMD)
3. **04/30/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1985&version=20170AB198597AMD)
4. **06/13/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1985&version=20170AB198595CHP)
5. **AB1985** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1985)
6. **06/05/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1985&version=20170AB198596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1985 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **70–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1985 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1985 TING Consent Calendar Second Day — **66–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ting — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-31** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
- **2018-02-08** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** 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`
- **2018-03-01** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-03-07** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 0. Page 4265.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-03-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-04-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-30** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4220.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-21** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after May 23 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-06-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5694.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-06-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-06-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-06-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 26, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21a541b4-0d28-4bf0-a51a-6b0eeabd0227`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).