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Bill	Peace officers: certification: civil rights.	(1) Under existing law, the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, if a person or persons, whether or not acting under color of law, interferes or attempts to interfere, by threats, intimidation, or coercion, with the exercise or enjoyment by any individual or individuals of rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or of the rights secured by the Constitution or laws of this state, the Attorney General, or any district attorney or city attorney, is authorized to bring a civil action for injunctive and other appropriate equitable relief in the name of the people of the State of California, in order to protect the exercise or enjoyment of the right or rights secured. Existing law also authorizes an action brought by the Attorney General, or any district attorney or city attorney, to seek a civil penalty of $25,000. Existing law also allows an individual whose exercise or enjoyment of rights has been interfered with to prosecute a civil action for damages on their own behalf.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 2	California SB 2 (20212022)	bill	Peace officers: certification: civil rights.	enacted	Bradford	10	37	10	2020-12-07	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f493f329-124a-4366-8155-8a5ca39c477f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB2	61a3b296c4ee34f95bb607f26dc777ab7fec96e98f8e5d74a0eff44b4579f167	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 2 (20212022) — Peace officers: certification: civil rights.

(1) Under existing law, the Tom Bane Civil Rights Act, if a person or persons, whether or not acting under color of law, interferes or attempts to interfere, by threats, intimidation, or coercion, with the exercise or enjoyment by any individual or individuals of rights secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or of the rights secured by the Constitution or laws of this state, the Attorney General, or any district attorney or city attorney, is authorized to bring a civil action for injunctive and other appropriate equitable relief in the name of the people of the State of California, in order to protect the exercise or enjoyment of the right or rights secured. Existing law also authorizes an action brought by the Attorney General, or any district attorney or city attorney, to seek a civil penalty of $25,000. Existing law also allows an individual whose exercise or enjoyment of rights has been interfered with to prosecute a civil action for damages on their own behalf.

Version chain

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

1. 12/07/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/11/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/29/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/20/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/07/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/30/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/30/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. SB2 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/10/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 8–2 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB2 Bradford et al. Concurrence — 28–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading SB2 Bradford et al. — 26–9 (pass) · upper
• SB 2 Bradford Senate Third Reading By Akilah Weber — 49–21 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Bradford — primary (person)
• Akilah Weber — coauthor (person)
• Atkins — author (person)
• Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Chiu — coauthor (person)
• Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Holden — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
• Kamlager — principal coauthor (person)
• Lee — coauthor (person)
• McCarty — principal coauthor (person)
• Quirk — principal coauthor (person)
• Stone — coauthor (person)
• Ting — coauthor (person)
• Wicks — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-12-07 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2020-12-08 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
• 2021-01-28 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-03-18 Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-24 Set for hearing April 13.
• 2021-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 778.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-15 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2021-04-15 (Corrected April 28).
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 935.) (April 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-05-04 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 May 10 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2021-05-14 Set for hearing May 20.
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1178.) (May 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 9. Page 1256.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-06-03 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2021-06-28 June 29 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2021-07-07 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 6). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2021-08-26 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-30 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-01 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-01 Ordered to third reading.
• 2021-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 49. Noes 21. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-03 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2487.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2021-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 409, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f493f329-124a-4366-8155-8a5ca39c477f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).