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 779 (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.
3rd Reading AB779 Bigelow et al. By McGuire — 36–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
AB 779 Bigelow Assembly Third Reading — 70–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Bigelow — primary (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
McGuire — coauthor (person)
Mullin — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2021-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2021-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2021-04-07 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-04-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 3. Page 1065.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2021-05-12 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
2021-06-08 In committee: Set, first hearing. Testimony taken. Further hearing to be set.
2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 13). 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: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2021-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2021-09-07 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2458.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2021-09-07 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2021-10-06 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2021-10-06 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 588, Statutes of 2021. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5255da0b-3a58-4388-834b-fc61ff567a16. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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