Department of Food and Agriculture: commercial cannabis activity inspectors: peace officer duties.
Existing law defines who is a peace officer and specifies the powers of peace officers. Under existing law, specified categories of people are not peace officers but are authorized to exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer and the power to serve warrants, as specified, if they receive a course in the exercise of those powers. Included in this classification is a person employed by the Department of Food and Agriculture and designated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture as an investigator, investigator supervisor, or investigator manager, provided that the person's primary duty is enforcement of, and investigations relating to, specified provisions of law under the purview of the department.
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California Legislature
20172018
AB 873
California AB 873 (20172018)
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Department of Food and Agriculture: commercial cannabis activity inspectors: peace officer duties.
California AB 873 (20172018) — Department of Food and Agriculture: commercial cannabis activity inspectors: peace officer duties.
Existing law defines who is a peace officer and specifies the powers of peace officers. Under existing law, specified categories of people are not peace officers but are authorized to exercise the powers of arrest of a peace officer and the power to serve warrants, as specified, if they receive a course in the exercise of those powers. Included in this classification is a person employed by the Department of Food and Agriculture and designated by the Secretary of Food and Agriculture as an investigator, investigator supervisor, or investigator manager, provided that the person's primary duty is enforcement of, and investigations relating to, specified provisions of law under the purview of the department.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
AB 873 LACKEY Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
AB 873 LACKEY Assembly Third Reading — 77–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading AB873 Lackey et al. By Wilk — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Lackey — primary (person)
Wilk — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2017-03-02 Referred to Com. on L. GOV. referral-committee
2017-03-20 Coauthors revised.
2017-04-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-26 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2017-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2017-05-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1829.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
2017-06-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2018-04-09 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2018-04-10 Withdrawn from committee.
2018-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-04-19 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-07-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5043.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-07-03 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 5 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2018-07-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6102.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-07-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2018-07-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-07-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 138, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/495a0e9e-f489-4613-a7d3-5ffc0d1eac85. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).