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type: "Bill"
title: "Private investigators, proprietary security services, private security services, and alarm companies: training: use of force."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Director of Consumer Affairs, and makes a violation of its provisions a crime. Existing law requires a licensee or qualified manager of a licensee who carries a deadly weapon in the course of that person's employment or business to complete a training course in the exercise of the power to arrest."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 229"
citation: "California AB 229 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private investigators", "proprietary security services", "private security services", "and alarm companies: training: use of force."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9403bc8-8cec-4322-864b-4d2067a71d57"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229"
source_hash: "d3809e11332ed06062ec62ce4603c99c6008dc8551024e6b7a21e0f0634b3348"
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 229 (20212022) — Private investigators, proprietary security services, private security services, and alarm companies: training: use of force.
(1) Existing law, the Private Investigator Act, provides for the licensure and regulation of private investigators by the Director of Consumer Affairs, and makes a violation of its provisions a crime. Existing law requires a licensee or qualified manager of a licensee who carries a deadly weapon in the course of that person's employment or business to complete a training course in the exercise of the power to arrest.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **01/12/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22999INT)
2. **03/02/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22998AMD)
3. **06/07/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22997AMD)
4. **07/15/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22996AMD)
5. **08/16/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22995AMD)
6. **09/02/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22994AMD)
7. **10/08/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22992CHP)
8. **AB229** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229)
9. **09/10/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB229&version=20210AB22993ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB229 Holden et al. By Roth — **360** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **190** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **70** (pass) · upper
- AB 229 Holden Assembly Third Reading — **730** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 229 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **120** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Holden — primary (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Min — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-01-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** 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`
- **2021-03-03** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Coauthors revised.
- **2021-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-17** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1429.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-18** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-27** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 13). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-23** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-02** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2462.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-07** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 9 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-09-08** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 2875.)
- **2021-09-08** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2899.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2021-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9403bc8-8cec-4322-864b-4d2067a71d57`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).