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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public employment: peace officers: citizenship."
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description: "(1) Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice to perform various functions involving the training of peace officers. Existing law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, being at least 18 years of age, being of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation, and being either a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship, except as prescribed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 960"
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citation: "California SB 960 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public employment: peace officers: citizenship."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 27
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-02-09"
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last_action: "2022-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/997f35d9-dd07-4717-8f5f-32ef5259f19a"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960"
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source_hash: "e1c6bc7dd18c727fc2d03908b13215acbdad639ce23d8b7fa87f123af5a7162c"
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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 SB 960 (20212022) — Public employment: peace officers: citizenship.
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(1) Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice to perform various functions involving the training of peace officers. Existing law requires peace officers in this state to meet specified minimum standards, including, among other requirements, being at least 18 years of age, being of good moral character, as determined by a thorough background investigation, and being either a citizen of the United States or a permanent resident who is eligible for and has applied for citizenship, except as prescribed.
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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. **02/09/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960&version=20210SB96099INT)
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2. **02/17/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960&version=20210SB96098AMD)
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3. **03/10/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960&version=20210SB96097AMD)
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4. **05/25/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960&version=20210SB96096AMD)
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5. **08/08/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960&version=20210SB96095AMD)
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6. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960&version=20210SB96093CHP)
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7. **SB960** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960)
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8. **08/22/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB960&version=20210SB96094ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading — **29–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB960 Skinner et al. Concurrence — **28–8** (pass) · upper
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- SB 960 Skinner Senate Third Reading By Cervantes — **45–19** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Skinner — primary (person)
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- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
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- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-02-09** Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
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- **2022-02-10** From printer.
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- **2022-02-16** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-02** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-08** Set for hearing March 22.
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- **2022-03-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3183.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-25** Set for hearing April 4.
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- **2022-04-04** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2022-04-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3553.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2022-05-19** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-01** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (June 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-06-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-08** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-08** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2022-08-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 19. Page 5887.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-15** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 4898.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-08-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 825, Statutes of 2022. `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/997f35d9-dd07-4717-8f5f-32ef5259f19a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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