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type: "Bill"
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title: "Hate crimes: law enforcement policies."
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description: "Existing law defines a \"hate crime\" as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Existing law requires state law enforcement agencies and authorizes local law enforcement agencies to adopt a framework or other formal policy on hate crimes created by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law requires any local law enforcement agency that adopts or updates a hate crime policy to include specified information in that policy, including the content of the model policy framework developed by the commission."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 449"
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citation: "California AB 449 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Hate crimes", "law enforcement policies"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ting"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e6357f47-490b-4e51-a40c-e595e493cf9e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB449"
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source_hash: "ce9837e6305e144268979386db616fdaa8ac94b44bf3ac7ff8862f1fad947968"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 449 (20232024) — Hate crimes: law enforcement policies.
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Existing law defines a "hate crime" as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Existing law requires state law enforcement agencies and authorizes local law enforcement agencies to adopt a framework or other formal policy on hate crimes created by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training. Existing law requires any local law enforcement agency that adopts or updates a hate crime policy to include specified information in that policy, including the content of the model policy framework developed by the commission.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB449&version=20230AB44999INT)
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2. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB449&version=20230AB44998AMD)
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3. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB449&version=20230AB44996CHP)
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4. **AB449** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB449)
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5. **09/13/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB449&version=20230AB44997ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB449 Ting et al. By Min — **39–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 449 Ting Assembly Third Reading — **75–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Ting — primary (person)
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- Cervantes — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2023-05-03** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2023-05-10** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1802.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2556.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 524, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e6357f47-490b-4e51-a40c-e595e493cf9e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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