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CA SB 385

enacted

Peace officers.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 385 pass?

Yes. CA SB 385 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 218, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 385 about?

Existing law required the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before June 1, 2023, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission, within 2 years of the submission of the report, to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report. This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA SB 385?

Seyarto is the primary sponsor of CA SB 385, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law required the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before June 1, 2023, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission, within 2 years of the submission of the report, to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report. This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-02-14
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 218, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Seyartoauthor
  • Wahabauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-14

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-18

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-07

    Set for hearing March 25.

  5. 2025-03-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 7.

  7. 2025-04-07

    April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  8. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing April 21.

  9. 2025-04-10

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-04-21

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

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  11. 2025-04-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  13. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  14. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  15. 2025-06-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  16. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).

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  17. 2025-07-10

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  18. 2025-07-17

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.

  19. 2025-07-17

    Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3271.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  21. 2025-09-12

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  22. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  23. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 218, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • SB385Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-25 · pass · 6-0

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

  • 3rd Reading SB385 Seyarto et al. Urgency Clause

    2025-05-29 · pass · 38-0

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

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

    2025-06-17 · pass · 9-0

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

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-07-09 · pass · 15-0

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

  • SB 385 Seyarto Third Reading Urgency By Irwin

    2025-09-11 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Lee: other
    • Bonta: other
    • Kalra: other

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