republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-655.md

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Bill	California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act.	Existing law requires that a candidate for a peace officer position be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 655	California AB 655 (20212022)	bill	California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act.	enacted	Kalra	8	29	8	2021-02-12	2022-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/cc1a461e-e7e9-4336-99a1-897f04744158	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB655	c57041c7a5925a2c5c3faa367d3f1722b0e3733a399eaddd7ce3d03a5ed29961	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 655 (20212022) — California Law Enforcement Accountability Reform Act.

Existing law requires that a candidate for a peace officer position be of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/24/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 03/02/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/18/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB655 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/29/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB655 Kalra et al. By Bradford — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 655 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 48–18 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 655 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 53–14 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-12 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-13 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 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
• 2021-03-03 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 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
• 2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-01-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (January 20). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2022-01-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-01-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 18. Page 3437.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-04 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0. Page 5129.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-25 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-25 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
• 2022-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 14.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 854, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/cc1a461e-e7e9-4336-99a1-897f04744158. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).