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CA SB 229

enacted

Peace officers: deputy sheriffs.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 229 pass?

Yes. CA SB 229 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-14. Latest recorded action (2025-07-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 51, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 229 about?

Existing law establishes categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. Under existing law, in certain counties, including the Counties of Butte and Calaveras, a deputy sheriff, who is employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of county custodial facilities, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of the officer's employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary function of employment relating to the officer's custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by the officer's employing agency during a local state of emergency. This bill would include a deputy sheriff employed by the Counties of Amador and Nevada within that definition of peace officer.

Who sponsors CA SB 229?

Alvarado-Gil is the primary sponsor of CA SB 229.

Description

Existing law establishes categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. Under existing law, in certain counties, including the Counties of Butte and Calaveras, a deputy sheriff, who is employed to perform duties exclusively or initially relating to custodial assignments with responsibilities for maintaining the operations of county custodial facilities, is a peace officer whose authority extends to any place in the state only while engaged in the performance of the duties of the officer's employment and for the purpose of carrying out the primary function of employment relating to the officer's custodial assignments, or when performing other law enforcement duties directed by the officer's employing agency during a local state of emergency. This bill would include a deputy sheriff employed by the Counties of Amador and Nevada within that definition of peace officer.

Introduced
2025-01-28
Latest action
2025-07-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 51, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Alvarado-Gilauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-28

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-01-29

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 28.

  3. 2025-02-05

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  4. 2025-03-07

    Set for hearing March 25.

  5. 2025-03-25

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 25).

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  6. 2025-03-26

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  7. 2025-03-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 584.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  8. 2025-03-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  9. 2025-05-12

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  10. 2025-06-17

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17).

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  11. 2025-06-18

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  12. 2025-06-23

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2248.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  13. 2025-06-23

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  14. 2025-07-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.

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  15. 2025-07-14

    Approved by the Governor.

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  16. 2025-07-14

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 51, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-03-25 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Seyarto: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd SB229 Alvarado-Gil

    2025-03-28 · pass · 34-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Hurtado: other
    • Becker: other
    • Weber Pierson: other
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Jones: other
    • Reyes: other

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-06-17 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Alanis: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes

  • SB 229 Alvarado-Gil Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-06-23 · pass · 71-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Ellis: other
    • Ahrens: other
    • Ward: other
    • Addis: other
    • Bains: other
    • Bauer-Kahan: other

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB229

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