California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB1203: Security services.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Section 7587.7 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 7574.18, 7574.30, 7574.37, 7574.38, 7583.2, 7583.5, 7583.6, 7583.7, and 7587.8 of, and to add Section 7583.48 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. professions and vocations Security services. Existing law, the Proprietary Security Services Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the business of a proprietary private security officer or a proprietary private security employer unless registered with the Department of Consumer Affairs…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Section 7587.7 of, to amend, repeal, and add Sections 7574.18, 7574.30, 7574.37, 7574.38, 7583.2, 7583.5, 7583.6, 7583.7, and 7587.8 of, and to add Section 7583.48 to, the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. professions and vocations Security services. Existing law, the Proprietary Security Services Act, prohibits a person from engaging in the business of a proprietary private security officer or a proprietary private security employer unless registered with the Department of Consumer Affairs. Existing law makes a violation of these provisions an infraction, as specified. Existing law requires a person who is registered and hired as a proprietary private security officer to complete training in security officer skills within 6 months from the date upon which registration is issued, or within 6 months of their employment with a proprietary private security employer, as specified. Existing law prohibits a proprietary private security employer from engaging in specified acts and authorizes the Director of Consumer Affairs to issue a citation, which may include an order to pay specified administrative fines for a violation of these provisions. This bill, commencing January 1, 2029, would recast those training provisions to require the training to be 42 hours, to require an applicant for a proprietary private security officer registration to complete, within the first 6 months of their …