republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20092010/ab-1532.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Code enforcement officers."
description: "Existing law defines the term \"code enforcement officer\" for purposes of determining the punishment for an assault or battery committed against a code enforcement officer as a person who is not a peace officer, has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 1532"
citation: "California AB 1532 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Code enforcement officers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lieu"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2009-02-27"
last_action: "2010-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/efc86972-f90f-4285-a3f0-780f4ec902a5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532"
source_hash: "dd60bb3dbc28ef7ba52032eb044476fb899ef4bfcb039fae467c432cc2d358d2"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1532 (20092010) — Code enforcement officers.

Existing law defines the term "code enforcement officer" for purposes of determining the punishment for an assault or battery committed against a code enforcement officer as a person who is not a peace officer, has enforcement authority for health, safety, and welfare requirements, and is authorized to issue citations or file formal complaints, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532&version=20090AB153299INT)
2. **01/04/10 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532&version=20090AB153297AMD)
3. **02/24/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532&version=20090AB153296AMD)
4. **04/14/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532&version=20090AB153298AMD)
5. **07/19/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532&version=20090AB153294CHP)
6. **AB1532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532)
7. **07/02/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB1532&version=20090AB153295ENR)

## Votes

- Be referred to Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1532 LIEU Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent #28 AB1532 Lieu — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1532 LIEU Concurrence- Urgency Added — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lieu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2009-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2009-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2009-07-01** In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on RULES. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2010-01-07** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. Re-referred. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (January 7). `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (January 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-01-14** Read second time. To Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-01-19** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 3816.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-01-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2010-02-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-06-15** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-06-16** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-06-23** Ordered to Special Consent Calendar.
- **2010-06-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed and to Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 0. Page 4099.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-06-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-07-01** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5921.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-07-07** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2010-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 117, Statutes of 2010.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/efc86972-f90f-4285-a3f0-780f4ec902a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).