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Bill	Law enforcement: use of force.	(1) Existing law authorizes a peace officer to use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent escape, or to overcome resistance. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force, as specified. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to implement courses of instruction for the regular and periodic training of law enforcement officers in the use of force.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 48	California AB 48 (20212022)	bill	Law enforcement: use of force.	enacted	Lorena Gonzalez	6	24	8	2020-12-07	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f192cfc1-4a54-4618-8b07-d6a2571af9da	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB48	ada7ad2fefee2e1ca05c1239fcc8657bd9636c4833217efb974bfc9af7413fc6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 48 (20212022) — Law enforcement: use of force.

(1) Existing law authorizes a peace officer to use reasonable force to effect the arrest, to prevent escape, or to overcome resistance. Existing law requires law enforcement agencies to maintain a policy on the use of force, as specified. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to implement courses of instruction for the regular and periodic training of law enforcement officers in the use of force.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/30/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB48 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/10/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• AB 48 Lorena Gonzalez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 48 Lorena Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — 46–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB48 Lorena Gonzalez et a By Gonzalez — 26–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lorena Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Carrillo — principal coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — author (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — author (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be heard in committee January 7.
• 2021-01-11 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 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-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-17 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Coauthors revised.
• 2021-03-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-21 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 19. Page 1716.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2021-06-09 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-07-06 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-16 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 26). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2021-08-26 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 2338.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2021-09-08 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 19. Page 2920.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
• 2021-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 404, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f192cfc1-4a54-4618-8b07-d6a2571af9da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).