republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1997.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "California State University: emergency response programs: report."
description: "Existing law establishes the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education located throughout the state. Existing law authorizes the trustees to appoint one or more persons to constitute a police department for the headquarters and for each campus of the California State University."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1997"
citation: "California AB 1997 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["California State University: emergency response programs: report."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gipson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fdf5fdc-2fe2-412b-b33c-106f8a3ae16d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1997"
source_hash: "8e62f8887ea46860346644cbcbe9e15d61150f5040577dd51b71a7e1c3bb5bd6"
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 1997 (20212022) — California State University: emergency response programs: report.

Existing law establishes the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in this state. The California State University comprises 23 institutions of higher education located throughout the state. Existing law authorizes the trustees to appoint one or more persons to constitute a police department for the headquarters and for each campus of the California State University.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1997&version=20210AB199799INT)
2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1997&version=20210AB199798AMD)
3. **06/28/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1997&version=20210AB199797AMD)
4. **09/30/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1997&version=20210AB199795CHP)
5. **AB1997** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1997)
6. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1997&version=20210AB199796ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB1997 Gipson By Leyva — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 1997 Gipson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **59–14** (pass) · lower
- AB 1997 Gipson Assembly Third Reading — **50–15** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gipson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2022-03-24** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 15. Page 4880.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-01** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-28** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-01** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5048.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-25** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 14.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 931, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fdf5fdc-2fe2-412b-b33c-106f8a3ae16d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).