Identification: honorably retired peace officers.
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SB 169 — Identification: honorably retired peace officers.
Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 345, Statutes of 2009.
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✓Introduced
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✓In Committee
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✓Passed Senate
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✓Passed Assembly
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5To Executive
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6Enacted
This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
This bill is no longer active — its legislative session has ended, so there is no live prognosis. It would have to be reintroduced in the current session to move again.
Summary
Existing law makes it a crime for a person who is not a peace officer to impersonate a peace officer, as specified. This bill would authorize the head of an agency that employs specified peace officers to issue identification in the form of a badge, insignia, emblem, device, label, certificate, card, or writing that clearly states that the person has honorably retired following service as a peace officer from that agency, as specified. The bill would also authorize the head of an agency to revoke identification granted pursuant to those provisions in the event of misuse or abuse.
Bill Text
- Chaptered 10/11/09 - Chaptered Current pdf October 11, 2009
- Enrolled 08/25/09 - Enrolled pdf August 25, 2009
- Amended 07/13/09 - Amended Assembly pdf July 13, 2009
- Amended 05/27/09 - Amended Assembly pdf May 27, 2009
- Introduced 02/14/09 - Introduced pdf February 14, 2009
- SB169 View text html
Action History
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Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 345, Statutes of 2009.
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Approved by Governor.
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Enrolled. To Governor at 11 a.m.
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Ordered held in Engrossing and Enrolling.
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Returned by the Governor at the request of the Senate.
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Enrolled. To Governor at 10 a.m.
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Senate concurs in Assembly amendments. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1922.) To enrollment.
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To Special Consent Calendar.
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In Senate. To unfinished business.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2539.) To Senate.
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Read third time. Amended. (Page 2478.) To third reading.
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Read second time. To third reading.
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(Heard in committee on June 16.)
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.)
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From committee with author's amendments. Read second time. Amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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To Com. on PUB. S.
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In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 543.) To Assembly.
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Read second time. To third reading.
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From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 480.)
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Set for hearing April 14.
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To Com. on PUB. S.
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From print. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sponsors
- Benoit · Primary
Sponsorship breakdown
Export CSV (upgrade) →1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on
Sponsors (1)
- Benoit
Co-sponsors (0)
None.
Not signed on (121)
121 members have not signed on to this bill.
Show all 121 →"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.
Votes
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 37 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 40 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| % of votes cast | 98% | 0% | 0% | 2% |
How each member voted (41)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Hollingsworth | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Not Voting |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Price | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 76 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Democratic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 82 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| % of votes cast | 90% | 0% | 0% | 10% |
How each member voted (91)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Carter | — | Yea |
| Chesbro | — | Yea |
| Conway | — | Yea |
| Tom | — | Yea |
| Feuer | — | Yea |
| Fuentes | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Galgiani | — | Yea |
| Charles | — | Yea |
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Hall | — | Yea |
| Harkey | — | Yea |
| Hernandez | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| La | — | Yea |
| Torre | — | Yea |
| De | — | Yea |
| Leon | — | Yea |
| Huber | — | Yea |
| Fletcher | — | Yea |
| Fong | — | Yea |
| Bonnie | — | Yea |
| Lowenthal | — | Yea |
| Beall | — | Yea |
| Blakeslee | — | Yea |
| Cook | — | Yea |
| Coto | — | Yea |
| Davis | — | Yea |
| Duvall | — | Yea |
| Jeffries | — | Yea |
| V. | — | Yea |
| Manuel | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| John | — | Yea |
| A. | — | Yea |
| Perez | — | Yea |
| Portantino | — | Yea |
| Salas | — | Yea |
| Audra | — | Yea |
| Bill | — | Not Voting |
| Saldana | — | Not Voting |
| Krekorian | — | Not Voting |
| Lieu | — | Not Voting |
| Mendoza | — | Yea |
| Monning | — | Yea |
| Nava | — | Not Voting |
| Anderson | — | Not Voting |
| Bass | — | Yea |
| Ruskin | — | Yea |
| Silva | — | Yea |
| Smyth | — | Yea |
| Solorio | — | Yea |
| Swanson | — | Yea |
| Torlakson | — | Yea |
| Torrico | — | Yea |
| Tran | — | Yea |
| Adams | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Block | — | Yea |
| Blumenfield | — | Yea |
| Brownley | — | Yea |
| Buchanan | — | Yea |
| Hayashi | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Huffman | — | Yea |
| Knight | — | Yea |
| Logue | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Miller | — | Yea |
| Nestande | — | Yea |
| Nielsen | — | Yea |
| Skinner | — | Yea |
| Torres | — | Yea |
| Villines | — | Not Voting |
| Emmerson | — | Yea |
| Eng | — | Not Voting |
| Evans | — | Yea |
| DeVore | — | Yea |
| Yamada | — | Yea |
| Fuller | — | Yea |
| Garrick | — | Yea |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Beth Gaines | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Yea |
| Bill Berryhill | — | Not Voting |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Caballero, Anna M. | Democratic | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Yea |
| Jones, Brian W. | Republican | Yea |
| Niello, Roger W. | Republican | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Democratic | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hagman | — | Yea |
| Furutani | — | Yea |
| Gilmore | — | Yea |
| Hill | — | Yea |
| Ammiano | — | Yea |
| Ma | — | Yea |
| Arambula, Joaquin | Democratic | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Democratic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Republican | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 38 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| % of votes cast | 95% | 0% | 0% | 5% |
How each member voted (40)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Yee | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
| Florez | — | Yea |
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Wyland | — | Not Voting |
| Negrete | — | Yea |
| Runner | — | Yea |
| Cogdill | — | Yea |
| Corbett | — | Yea |
| Hollingsworth | — | Yea |
| Kehoe | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| McLeod | — | Yea |
| Oropeza | — | Yea |
| Alquist | — | Yea |
| Ashburn | — | Yea |
| Correa | — | Yea |
| Ducheny | — | Yea |
| Dutton | — | Yea |
| Pavley | — | Yea |
| Simitian | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wiggins | — | Yea |
| Wolk | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Aanestad | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Harman | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Liu | — | Yea |
| Maldonado | — | Yea |
| Romero | — | Yea |
| Walters | — | Yea |
| Cox | — | Yea |
| DeSaulnier | — | Yea |
| Denham | — | Yea |
| Calderon, Lisa | Democratic | Not Voting |
| Lowenthal, Josh | Democratic | Yea |
| Padilla, Stephen C. | Democratic | Yea |
| Strickland, Tony | Republican | Yea |
| Party | Yea | Nay | Present | Not Voting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unaffiliated | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| % of votes cast | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
How each member voted (7)
| Member | Party | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Hancock | — | Yea |
| Benoit | — | Yea |
| Huff | — | Yea |
| Leno | — | Yea |
| Steinberg | — | Yea |
| Wright | — | Yea |
| Cedillo | — | Yea |
Subjects
Frequently asked questions
- What does SB 169 do?
- Existing law makes it a crime for a person who is not a peace officer to impersonate a peace officer, as specified. This bill would authorize the head of an agency that employs specified peace officers to issue identification in the form of a badge, insignia, emblem, device, label, certificate, card, or writing that clearly states that the person has honorably retired following service as a peace officer from that agency, as specified. The bill would also authorize the head of an agency to revoke identification granted pursuant to those provisions in the event of misuse or abuse.
- Who sponsors SB 169?
- SB 169 is sponsored by Benoit.
- What is the current status of SB 169?
- This bill died with 2009-2010 Regular Session. It reached “To Executive” and never advanced before the session ended, so it can no longer move — a new version would have to be reintroduced in the current session.
- Where can I track SB 169?
- Track SB 169 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.
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