republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-2515.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Proprietary and private security services."
description: "(1) Existing law, the Proprietary Security Services Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the business of a proprietary private security officer or a proprietary private security employer, as defined, unless the person is registered with the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant seeking registration as a proprietary private security employer to apply to the department on forms provided by the department, and to maintain accurate records of specified information relating to proprietary private security officers in their employment. Existing law requires a person registered as a proprietary private security officer to carry on their person while on duty a valid and current proprietary private security officer's registration card."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2515"
citation: "California AB 2515 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Proprietary and private security services."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 28
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-17"
last_action: "2022-09-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/44f4dbdd-622f-427b-b79e-27d36602004a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515"
source_hash: "efd4b9702730028bc6b3b65186eeeb3d502bc415fd3f2efd8c62d4c627009b46"
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 2515 (20212022) — Proprietary and private security services.

(1) Existing law, the Proprietary Security Services Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the business of a proprietary private security officer or a proprietary private security employer, as defined, unless the person is registered with the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law requires an applicant seeking registration as a proprietary private security employer to apply to the department on forms provided by the department, and to maintain accurate records of specified information relating to proprietary private security officers in their employment. Existing law requires a person registered as a proprietary private security officer to carry on their person while on duty a valid and current proprietary private security officer's registration card.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/17/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251599INT)
2. **03/29/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251598AMD)
3. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251597AMD)
4. **06/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251596AMD)
5. **06/30/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251595AMD)
6. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251594AMD)
7. **09/13/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251592CHP)
8. **AB2515** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515)
9. **08/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2515&version=20210AB251593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2515 Holden By Ochoa Bogh — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2515 Holden Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2515 Holden Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** 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`
- **2022-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on B. & P. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4994.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-06-08** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & E.D. and PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-22** 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, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 0. Page 5103.). `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 73. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2022-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 287, 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/44f4dbdd-622f-427b-b79e-27d36602004a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).