republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-324.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public officers: custodial officers."
description: "Existing law defines who is a peace officer and specifies the powers of peace officers. Existing law specifies that a custodial officer is a public officer, not a peace officer, employed by a law enforcement agency of a city or county who has the authority and responsibility for maintaining custody of prisoners and performs tasks related to the operation of a local detention facility used for the detention of persons usually pending arraignment or upon court order, as specified. Existing law provides that a custodial officer does not have the right to carry or possess firearms in the performance of his or her prescribed duties. Existing law also describes the powers and duties of custodial officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 324"
citation: "California SB 324 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public officers: custodial officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roth"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-13"
last_action: "2017-07-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3edb26a-d07c-433d-8053-90d78ffad3a5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB324"
source_hash: "59721d22c466302af99d0eab9a369e3a221c3881a320ea9aa7a7a02070d653ee"
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 SB 324 (20172018) — Public officers: custodial officers.

Existing law defines who is a peace officer and specifies the powers of peace officers. Existing law specifies that a custodial officer is a public officer, not a peace officer, employed by a law enforcement agency of a city or county who has the authority and responsibility for maintaining custody of prisoners and performs tasks related to the operation of a local detention facility used for the detention of persons usually pending arraignment or upon court order, as specified. Existing law provides that a custodial officer does not have the right to carry or possess firearms in the performance of his or her prescribed duties. Existing law also describes the powers and duties of custodial officers.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/13/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB324&version=20170SB32499INT)
2. **03/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB324&version=20170SB32498AMD)
3. **06/07/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB324&version=20170SB32497AMD)
4. **07/17/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB324&version=20170SB32495CHP)
5. **SB324** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB324)
6. **06/30/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB324&version=20170SB32496ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB324 Roth Concurrence — **36–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-13** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-14** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
- **2017-02-23** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-05** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 18.
- **2017-04-19** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 748.) (April 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-04-20** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 874.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-04-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-13** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-06-14** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-06-19** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2259.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-06-19** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-06-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1801.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-07-17** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-07-17** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 73, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a3edb26a-d07c-433d-8053-90d78ffad3a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).