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type: "Bill"
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title: "Peace officers: determination of bias."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to set minimum standards for the recruitment and training of peace officers, to establish a certification for peace officers, and to develop training courses and curriculum for the training of peace officers. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2023, authorizes POST to suspend or revoke the certification of a peace officer if the person has been terminated for cause from employment as a peace officer, or has, while employed as a peace officer, otherwise engaged in serious misconduct, which includes demonstrating bias on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, housing status, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or other protected status. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to be responsible for completing investigations of allegations of serious misconduct of a peace officer."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 443"
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citation: "California AB 443 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Peace officers", "determination of bias"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2023-02-06"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c32aef36-5013-4a8b-9926-6bb37c56ab96"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443"
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source_hash: "d6347d5c350a70aeafbf2d52211add854537aff0bb569e26fa91c7d5a8bac90b"
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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 AB 443 (20232024) — Peace officers: determination of bias.
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Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to set minimum standards for the recruitment and training of peace officers, to establish a certification for peace officers, and to develop training courses and curriculum for the training of peace officers. Existing law, commencing January 1, 2023, authorizes POST to suspend or revoke the certification of a peace officer if the person has been terminated for cause from employment as a peace officer, or has, while employed as a peace officer, otherwise engaged in serious misconduct, which includes demonstrating bias on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, housing status, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or other protected status. Existing law requires each law enforcement agency to be responsible for completing investigations of allegations of serious misconduct of a peace officer.
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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. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443&version=20230AB44399INT)
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2. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443&version=20230AB44398AMD)
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3. **09/01/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443&version=20230AB44397AMD)
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4. **09/08/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443&version=20230AB44396AMD)
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5. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443&version=20230AB44394CHP)
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6. **AB443** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443)
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7. **09/18/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB443&version=20230AB44395ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB443 Jackson By Bradford — **28–9** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 443 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **63–1** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 443 Jackson Assembly Third Reading — **60–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Jackson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
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- **2023-02-17** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-19** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 0. Page 1980.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-14** Referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (July 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2023-09-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2705.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2023-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 1. Page 3474.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 439, Statutes of 2023. `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/c32aef36-5013-4a8b-9926-6bb37c56ab96`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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