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CA AB 1627

enacted

Public employment: disqualifications.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 1627 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1627 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1627 about?

Existing law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Existing law specifies circumstances that disqualify a person from holding office or being employed as a peace officer, including, among other things, any person previously employed in law enforcement in any state or United States territory or by the federal government whose name is listed in any of specified indexes whose certification as a law enforcement officer in that jurisdiction was revoked for misconduct or who, while employed as a law enforcement officer, engaged in serious misconduct that would have resulted in their certification being revoked by the commission if employed as a peace officer in this state. This bill would specify that, for purposes of the disqualification circumstances described above, the terms "employed in law enforcement" and "law enforcement officer" include a law enforcement officer employed in any state or United States territory or by the federal government who engages in immigration enforcement, as provided. The bill would make the provisions of the act severable. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1029 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1896 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1896 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Who sponsors CA AB 1627?

Ávila Farías is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1627, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Existing law specifies circumstances that disqualify a person from holding office or being employed as a peace officer, including, among other things, any person previously employed in law enforcement in any state or United States territory or by the federal government whose name is listed in any of specified indexes whose certification as a law enforcement officer in that jurisdiction was revoked for misconduct or who, while employed as a law enforcement officer, engaged in serious misconduct that would have resulted in their certification being revoked by the commission if employed as a peace officer in this state. This bill would specify that, for purposes of the disqualification circumstances described above, the terms "employed in law enforcement" and "law enforcement officer" include a law enforcement officer employed in any state or United States territory or by the federal government who engages in immigration enforcement, as provided. The bill would make the provisions of the act severable. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1029 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1896 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1896 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced
2026-04-07
Latest action
2026-09-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ávila Faríasauthor
  • Bryancoauthor
  • Carrillocoauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor
  • Jacksoncoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Stefanicoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-29

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 739, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-29

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-30

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.).

  5. 2026-08-30

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

  7. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 16.).

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  8. 2026-08-30

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 16. Page 6910.).

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  9. 2026-08-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2026-08-26

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2026-06-25

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-06-24

    Ordered to second reading.

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  13. 2026-06-24

    Withdrawn from committee.

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  14. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2026-06-10

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  16. 2026-05-28

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  17. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 17.)

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  18. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 5437.)

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  19. 2026-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2026-05-06

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 6).

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  21. 2026-04-27

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    referral-committee

  22. 2026-04-23

    Read second time and amended.

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  23. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 21).

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  24. 2026-04-16

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  25. 2026-04-15

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  26. 2026-04-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  27. 2026-04-13

    Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4581.)

  28. 2026-04-13

    (Pending re-refer to Com. on ED.)

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  29. 2026-04-08

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  30. 2026-04-07

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.

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  31. 2026-03-26

    Pursuant to Assembly Rule 96:

  32. 2026-03-26

    Re-referred to Coms. on PUB. S., P. E. & R., and ED.

    referral-committee

  33. 2026-03-25

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  34. 2026-03-23

    Referred to Coms. on P. E. & R., PUB. S. and ED.

    referral-committee

  35. 2026-01-27

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 26.

  36. 2026-01-26

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/26/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-26Compare
  • 04/07/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-07Compare
  • 04/15/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-15Compare
  • 04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
  • 08/26/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-26Compare
  • 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
  • 09/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-29Compare
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  • AB1627Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-21 · pass · 6-2

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Alanis: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Ramos: other

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-06 · pass · 10-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Hoover: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Arambula: other

  • AB 1627 Ávila Farías Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-27 · pass · 54-17

    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
    • Soria: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Macedo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Chen: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Flora: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Wilson: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Muratsuchi: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred 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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