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Bill	Private investigators, proprietary security services, private security services, and alarm companies: training: use of force.	(1) Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Director of Consumer Affairs, and makes a violation of its provisions a crime. Existing law requires a licensee or qualified manager of a licensee who carries a deadly weapon in the course of that person's employment or business to complete a training course in the exercise of the power to arrest.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 229	California AB 229 (20212022)	bill	Private investigators proprietary security services private security services and alarm companies: training: use of force.	enacted	Holden	9	29	9	2021-01-12	2021-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/b9403bc8-8cec-4322-864b-4d2067a71d57	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229	d3809e11332ed06062ec62ce4603c99c6008dc8551024e6b7a21e0f0634b3348	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 229 (20212022) — Private investigators, proprietary security services, private security services, and alarm companies: training: use of force.

(1) Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Director of Consumer Affairs, and makes a violation of its provisions a crime. Existing law requires a licensee or qualified manager of a licensee who carries a deadly weapon in the course of that person's employment or business to complete a training course in the exercise of the power to arrest.

Version chain

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

1. 01/12/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/02/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/07/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/16/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/08/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB229 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB229 Holden et al. By Roth — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 229 Holden Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 229 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 12–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)
• Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Min — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-13 From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-03 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-05 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-05-05 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-17 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1429.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-05-27 Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-06-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-06-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-23 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2462.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-08 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
• 2021-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2899.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2021-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9403bc8-8cec-4322-864b-4d2067a71d57. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).