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Bill	Public Safety Omnibus.	(1) Existing law establishes certain minimum standards for public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers. The minimum education requirement is high school graduation, passing an equivalency test or high school proficiency examination, graduating from a private high school, or attaining a 2-year, 4-year, or advanced degree from an accredited institution. Existing law requires that accreditation must be from a body recognized by the United States Department of Education or holding a full membership in specified organizations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	SB 827	California SB 827 (20212022)	bill	Public Safety Omnibus.	enacted	Committee on Public Safety	7	24	6	2021-03-25	2021-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/c9ba8e8d-49d7-4fcd-b2ff-b5c144239145	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB827	1fc49e2636a7d70374272fe7be823108ccdb81ee6870d51f01aa969b26af08d1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 827 (20212022) — Public Safety Omnibus.

(1) Existing law establishes certain minimum standards for public officers or employees declared by law to be peace officers. The minimum education requirement is high school graduation, passing an equivalency test or high school proficiency examination, graduating from a private high school, or attaining a 2-year, 4-year, or advanced degree from an accredited institution. Existing law requires that accreditation must be from a body recognized by the United States Department of Education or holding a full membership in specified organizations.

Version chain

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

1. 03/25/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/14/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/15/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/30/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB827 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/01/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 827 PUB. S. Consent Calendar Second Day — 73–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB827 PUB. S. (Bradford) Concurrence — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar SB827 PUB. S. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Public Safety — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-03-25 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2021-03-25 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 22, 2021, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
• 2021-03-26 From printer.
• 2021-04-07 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2021-04-15 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
• 2021-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 941.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-30 Set for hearing May 10.
• 2021-05-10 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2021-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1094.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2021-05-20 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2021-06-14 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 as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-08-19 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (August 19). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 2525.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2021-08-30 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2216.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2021-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 434, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c9ba8e8d-49d7-4fcd-b2ff-b5c144239145. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).