Existing law establishes categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. Under existing law, in certain counties, including the Counties of Butte and Calaveras, a deputy sheriff, who is employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of county custodial facilities, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of the officer's employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary function of employment relating to the officer's custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by the officer's employing agency during a local state of emergency.
California AB 2735 (20212022) — Peace officers: deputy sheriffs.
Existing law establishes categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. Under existing law, in certain counties, including the Counties of Butte and Calaveras, a deputy sheriff, who is employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of county custodial facilities, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of the officer's employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary function of employment relating to the officer's custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by the officer's employing agency during a local state of emergency.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2735 Gray Consent Calendar Second Day — 68–0 (pass) · lower
Special Consent AB2735 — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Gray — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-18 Introduced. To print. introduction
2022-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2022-03-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2022-04-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 5). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-04-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2022-04-21 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 4369.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-04-21 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2022-05-04 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
2022-06-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (May 31). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-20 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2022-08-23 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4982.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-23 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
2022-09-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 416, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c38e6265-5f5a-497c-8871-0d334c4beacf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).