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CA AB 572

enacted

Criminal procedure: interrogations.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 572 pass?

Yes. CA AB 572 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 572 about?

Existing law prohibits the prosecuting attorney, attorney for the defendant, or investigator for either the prosecution or the defendant from interviewing, questioning, or speaking to a victim or witness whose name has been disclosed pursuant to existing law without first clearly identifying themselves and identifying the full name of the agency by whom they are employed, and identifying whether they represent, or have been retained by, the prosecution or the defendant. Under existing law, if an interview takes place in person, the party is also required to show the victim or witness a business card, official badge, or other form of official identification before commencing the interview or questioning. This bill would require a peace officer, as defined, or a prosecuting attorney, before any initial formal interview of an immediate family member of a person who has been killed or seriously injured by a peace officer, to clearly identify themselves and if the interview takes place in person, to show identification, to inform the person of the status of their family member, to inform the person that they are conducting a formal interview for the purposes of an investigation, as specified, and to inform the person that they have a choice to come to the station for the formal interview if they are asked to go and can have a trusted support person with them. The bill would provide that its provisions do not apply if the immediate family member is under custodial interrogation, as specified, or if the delay would result in the loss or destruction of evidence or pose an imminent threat to public safety. By increasing duties on local law enforcement, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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 572?

Kalra is the primary sponsor of CA AB 572, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law prohibits the prosecuting attorney, attorney for the defendant, or investigator for either the prosecution or the defendant from interviewing, questioning, or speaking to a victim or witness whose name has been disclosed pursuant to existing law without first clearly identifying themselves and identifying the full name of the agency by whom they are employed, and identifying whether they represent, or have been retained by, the prosecution or the defendant. Under existing law, if an interview takes place in person, the party is also required to show the victim or witness a business card, official badge, or other form of official identification before commencing the interview or questioning. This bill would require a peace officer, as defined, or a prosecuting attorney, before any initial formal interview of an immediate family member of a person who has been killed or seriously injured by a peace officer, to clearly identify themselves and if the interview takes place in person, to show identification, to inform the person of the status of their family member, to inform the person that they are conducting a formal interview for the purposes of an investigation, as specified, and to inform the person that they have a choice to come to the station for the formal interview if they are asked to go and can have a trusted support person with them. The bill would provide that its provisions do not apply if the immediate family member is under custodial interrogation, as specified, or if the delay would result in the loss or destruction of evidence or pose an imminent threat to public safety. By increasing duties on local law enforcement, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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.

Introduced
2025-03-26
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kalraauthor
  • Bontacoauthor
  • Bryancoauthor
  • Elhawarycoauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Sharp-Collinscoauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-12

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-13

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.

  3. 2025-02-24

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (March 25).

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  5. 2025-03-27

    Read second time and amended.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-04-09

    Coauthors revised.

  8. 2025-04-09

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (April 9).

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  9. 2025-04-10

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-08

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 22. Page 2081.)

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  12. 2025-06-05

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

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  13. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  14. 2025-07-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  15. 2025-08-19

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  16. 2025-08-20

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-09-05

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  18. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-09-12

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 10. Page 2995.).

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  20. 2025-09-12

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  21. 2025-09-13

    Joint Rules 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3413.)

  22. 2025-09-13

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 42. Noes 22. Page 3464.).

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  23. 2025-09-24

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  24. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  25. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 697, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/12/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-12Compare
  • 03/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-27Compare
  • 05/08/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-08Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB572Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-25 · pass · 5-2

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

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-09 · pass · 10-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Mark González: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Pellerin: other

  • AB 572 Kalra Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-04 · pass · 44-22

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Chen: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Petrie-Norris: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Ávila Farías: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Irwin: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Davies: no
    • Flora: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Calderon: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Stefani: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Gipson: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Soria: other
    • Bains: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Krell: other
    • Pacheco: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-08 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (6)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB572 Kalra et al. By Cortese

    2025-09-12 · pass · 22-10

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McGuire: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Strickland: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Niello: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Jones: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Grove: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Cabaldon: other
    • Caballero: other
    • Choi: other
    • Hurtado: other
    • Archuleta: other
    • Blakespear: other
    • Umberg: other
    • Gonzalez: other

  • AB 572 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-13 · pass · 42-22

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ávila Farías: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Alanis: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ta: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Irwin: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • Flora: no
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Valencia: other
    • Muratsuchi: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Krell: other
    • Gipson: other
    • Ramos: other
    • Blanca Rubio: other
    • Soria: other
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Calderon: other
    • Alvarez: other
    • Carrillo: other
    • Gabriel: other
    • Bains: other

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