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Bill	Private security services and private investigators: qualified managers.	(1) Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Director of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services in the Department of Consumer Affairs to provide licensure and regulatory oversight under the act. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor. Existing law requires the business of a licensee under the act to be operated under the direction, control, charge, or management of the licensee, if they are qualified, or the person who is qualified to act as the qualified manager, and establishes requirements for a qualified manager, including obtaining a qualification certificate from the bureau.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 1244	California AB 1244 (20232024)	bill	Private security services and private investigators qualified managers	enacted	Holden	7	25	8	2023-02-16	2023-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/e383e4c1-2588-49be-be7f-bfdddc5d940f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB1244	43f1715f73b4ef8e621670366c5cbdfabae911e3bfe0a804382a42678e795aa5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1244 (20232024) — Private security services and private investigators: qualified managers.

(1) Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Director of Consumer Affairs, and establishes the Bureau of Security and Investigative Services in the Department of Consumer Affairs to provide licensure and regulatory oversight under the act. Existing law makes a violation of the act a misdemeanor. Existing law requires the business of a licensee under the act to be operated under the direction, control, charge, or management of the licensee, if they are qualified, or the person who is qualified to act as the qualified manager, and establishes requirements for a qualified manager, including obtaining a qualification certificate from the bureau.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/04/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/01/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/08/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1244 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/11/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 32–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1244 Holden Assembly Third Reading — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1244 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2023-03-02 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-04-05 Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 1765.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E. D. referral-committee
• 2023-06-19 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 19). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-06-20 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-09-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 2434.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-06 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
• 2023-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 3049.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2023-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 571, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e383e4c1-2588-49be-be7f-bfdddc5d940f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).