CA AB 400
vetoedCommission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: police canines.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 400 pass?
No. CA AB 400 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
What is CA AB 400 about?
Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission to, among other things, develop and disseminate guidelines for all peace officers in California. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2028, the commission to study and issue recommendations to the Legislature on the use of canines by law enforcement. The bill would require the commission to consider in its recommendations, among other things, instances of appropriate patrol use with a canine, as specified, and instances of appropriate use with a canine for detection, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on July 1, 2031.
Who sponsors CA AB 400?
Pacheco is the primary sponsor of CA AB 400, joined by 4 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission to, among other things, develop and disseminate guidelines for all peace officers in California. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2028, the commission to study and issue recommendations to the Legislature on the use of canines by law enforcement. The bill would require the commission to consider in its recommendations, among other things, instances of appropriate patrol use with a canine, as specified, and instances of appropriate use with a canine for detection, as specified. The bill would repeal these provisions on July 1, 2031.
- Introduced
- 2025-08-29
- Latest action
- 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Pachecoauthor
- Ahrenscoauthor
- Alaniscoauthor
- Ramoscoauthor
- Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
veto-override-failure
2025-10-01
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-01
Vetoed by Governor.
executive-veto
2025-09-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-09-12
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 3373.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-11
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2934.).
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2025-09-09
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-09-08
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-07-14
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-11
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 1825.)
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-04-09
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-03-11
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-11
Coauthors revised.
2025-02-18
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-02-05
From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.
2025-02-04
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-03-11 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Haney: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Ramos: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: other
AB 400 Pacheco Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-02 · pass · 71-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Chen: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Dixon: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Soria: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Davies: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ta: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bains: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Lee: other
- Jackson: other
- Bryan: other
- McKinnor: other
- Bonta: other
- Elhawary: other
- Kalra: other
- Ward: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-01 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Wiener: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Gonzalez: other
Placed on suspense file
2025-07-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
Special Consent AB400 Pacheco et al. By Rubio
2025-09-11 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Valladares: yes
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Jones: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grove: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
AB 400 Pacheco Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-12 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Jackson: other
- Bonta: other
- Kalra: other
- Bryan: other
- Ward: other
- Elhawary: other
- Lee: other
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