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CA AB 354

enacted

Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 354 pass?

Yes. CA AB 354 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-07-14): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 354 about?

(1) Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to, among other functions, certify the eligibility of those persons appointed as peace officers throughout the state. Existing law authorizes POST, as specified, to decertify a certified peace officer for engaging in serious misconduct, as specified. Existing law requires any agency that employs peace officers to, within 10 days, notify POST of specified occurrences including any complaint, charge, or allegation of serious misconduct by a peace officer employed by that agency and the final disposition of any investigation into that complaint, charge, or allegation, regardless of the discipline actually imposed. Existing law provides that each law enforcement agency shall be responsible for the completion of an investigation into any allegation of serious misconduct by an officer, regardless of the officer's employment status. Existing law establishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) within the Department of Justice to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of information between law enforcement agencies in the state. This bill would require POST employees whose job duties require access to criminal offender record information, state summary criminal history information, or information obtained from CLETS to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check, as specified. (2) Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain state summary criminal history information, as defined, and to furnish this information to various state and local government officers, officials, and other prescribed entities, if needed in the course of their duties. Existing law makes it a crime for a person authorized by law to receive state summary criminal history information to knowingly furnish that information to a person who is not authorized to receive it. This bill would authorize the commission and all persons for whom background checks have been completed and their duties require access to inspect or duplicate any information derived from CLETS. The bill would additionally authorize the commission and the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division to inspect and duplicate any criminal history information, criminal offender record information, or criminal justice information, or any other sensitive, confidential or privileged information if the commission determines that the information is needed in the course of the commission's duties. By expanding the scope of the crime of unlawful disclosure of state summary criminal history information, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 354?

Michelle Rodriguez is the primary sponsor of CA AB 354.

Description

(1) Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to, among other functions, certify the eligibility of those persons appointed as peace officers throughout the state. Existing law authorizes POST, as specified, to decertify a certified peace officer for engaging in serious misconduct, as specified. Existing law requires any agency that employs peace officers to, within 10 days, notify POST of specified occurrences including any complaint, charge, or allegation of serious misconduct by a peace officer employed by that agency and the final disposition of any investigation into that complaint, charge, or allegation, regardless of the discipline actually imposed. Existing law provides that each law enforcement agency shall be responsible for the completion of an investigation into any allegation of serious misconduct by an officer, regardless of the officer's employment status. Existing law establishes the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS) within the Department of Justice to facilitate the exchange and dissemination of information between law enforcement agencies in the state. This bill would require POST employees whose job duties require access to criminal offender record information, state summary criminal history information, or information obtained from CLETS to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check, as specified. (2) Existing law requires the Department of Justice to maintain state summary criminal history information, as defined, and to furnish this information to various state and local government officers, officials, and other prescribed entities, if needed in the course of their duties. Existing law makes it a crime for a person authorized by law to receive state summary criminal history information to knowingly furnish that information to a person who is not authorized to receive it. This bill would authorize the commission and all persons for whom background checks have been completed and their duties require access to inspect or duplicate any information derived from CLETS. The bill would additionally authorize the commission and the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Division to inspect and duplicate any criminal history information, criminal offender record information, or criminal justice information, or any other sensitive, confidential or privileged information if the commission determines that the information is needed in the course of the commission's duties. By expanding the scope of the crime of unlawful disclosure of state summary criminal history information, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. (3) 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 no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. (4) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-07-14 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Michelle Rodriguezauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-07-14

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 32, Statutes of 2025.

    became-law

  2. 2025-07-14

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-07-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-27

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

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  5. 2025-06-27

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1809.).

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  6. 2025-06-24

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  7. 2025-06-23

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  8. 2025-06-12

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-06-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-05-21

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  11. 2025-05-08

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

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  12. 2025-05-08

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1485.).

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  13. 2025-05-01

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  14. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  15. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-04-10

    Read second time and amended.

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  17. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 8).

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  18. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  19. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  20. 2025-03-24

    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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  21. 2025-01-31

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.

  22. 2025-01-30

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 01/30/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-30Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 07/01/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-01Compare
  • 07/14/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-14Compare
  • AB354Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-08 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Alanis: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-04-30 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pellerin: other

  • AB 354 Michelle Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-05-08 · pass · 69-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Gabriel: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Carrillo: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Flora: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-06-10 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Wiener: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB354 Michelle Rodriguez Urgency Clause

    2025-06-27 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Jones: other
    • Reyes: other

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