SB 229: Peace officers: deputy sheriffs.
This bill aims to amend a section of the penal code relating to peace officers. The current law defines categories of peace officers with varying powers and authority to make arrests and carry firearms. A deputy sheriff employed by certain counties has limited authority to make arrests and carry firearms, only while performing specific duties or during a local state of emergency. The bill would expand this definition to include a deputy sheriff employed by counties in Amador and Nevada, allowing them to have the same authority as other peace officers in the state.
| Jul. 14, 2025 | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 51, Statutes of 2025. |
| Jul. 14, 2025 | Approved by the Governor. |
| Jul. 03, 2025 | Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m. |
| Jun. 23, 2025 | Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2248.) Ordered to the Senate. |
| Jun. 23, 2025 | In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 830.1 of the Penal Code is amended to read:830.1.
(a) A sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff, employed in that capacity, of a county, a chief of police of a city or chief, director, or chief executive officer of a consolidated municipal public safety agency that performs police functions, a police officer, employed in that capacity and appointed by the chief of police or chief, director, or chief executive of a public safety agency, of a city, a chief of police, or police officer of a district, including police officers of the San Diego Unified Port District Harbor Police, authorized by statute to maintain a police department, a marshal or deputy marshal of a superior court or county, a port warden or port police officer of the Harbor Department of the City of Los Angeles, or an inspector or investigator employed in that capacity in the office of a district attorney, is a peace officer. The authority of these peace officers extends to any place in the state, as follows: