CA AB 1537

vetoed

Peace officers: secondary employment.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1537 pass?

No. CA AB 1537 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Vetoed by Governor.

What is CA AB 1537 about?

Existing law provides that every executive or ministerial officer, employee, or appointee of the State of California, or any county or city therein, or any political subdivision thereof, who knowingly asks, receives, or agrees to receive any emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any promise thereof excepting such as may be authorized by law for doing an official act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law exempts from that offense certain employment by a peace officer while off duty, as specified. Existing law also provides that a peace officer shall not be prohibited from engaging in other employment while off duty, as specified. This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions, prohibit certain peace officers from engaging in any form of secondary employment, including contract based or as an individual contractor, that involves engaging in arresting, detaining, transporting, or deporting individuals pursuant to federal or out-of-state immigration laws. The bill would provide that failure to comply with this provision may constitute, for certain purposes, an act of serious misconduct and that it is grounds for decertification as a peace officer. The bill would require certain peace officers to report to their employing law enforcement agency any conditional offer of secondary employment relating to immigration enforcement. The bill would require the law enforcement agency to maintain specified records related to secondary employment. By imposing additional duties on local law enforcement agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would also explicitly state that these records related to secondary employment of certain peace officers are public records for the purposes of the California Public Records Act. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA AB 1537?

Bryan is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1537, joined by 14 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-05-14
Latest action: 2026-09-30 — Vetoed by Governor.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Action timeline

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2026-09-30
Vetoed by Governor.
executive-veto
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
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2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11.).
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2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
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2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 22.).
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2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 22. Page 6909.).
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2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-20
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-19
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
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2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-06-25
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 23).
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2026-06-10
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 21.)
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 21. Page 5435.)
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2026-05-19
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-18
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 14).
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2026-04-29
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-03-04
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-04
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (March 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-02-02
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-01-06
From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
2026-01-05
Read first time. To print.
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05/18/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-18Compare
06/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-25Compare
08/19/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-19Compare
08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
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Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-03 · pass · 5-3
Member-level votes (9)
- Schultz: yes
- Haney: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ramos: no
- Alanis: no
- Lackey: no
- Nguyen: other
Do pass as amended.
2026-05-14 · pass · 10-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Pacheco: other
AB 1537 Bryan Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 51-21
Member-level votes (80)
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bains: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ward: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Berman: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Krell: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Solache: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Macedo: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- Ramos: no
- Ta: no
- Johnson: no
- Flora: no
- Chen: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Hoover: no
- Hadwick: no
- Alanis: no
- Sanchez: no
- Lackey: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Wallis: no
- Castillo: no
- Gallagher: no
- Nguyen: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Michelle Rodriguez: other
- Soria: other
- Valencia: other
- Pacheco: other
- Muratsuchi: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Seyarto: no

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