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CA SB 521

enacted

Public employment: disqualification.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 521 pass?

Yes. CA SB 521 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-30. Latest recorded action (2025-07-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 92, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 521 about?

Existing law disqualifies a public employee, as defined, from any public employment for 5 years if the employee is convicted of any felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, a bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes arising directly out of their official duties. This bill would expand that provision to include any felony involving a conflict of interest. The bill would also disqualify a city manager or city attorney, as defined, including an individual acting under contract with the city for those services, who is convicted of any of the above-described felonies, from any future public employment in an equivalent role. 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.

Who sponsors CA SB 521?

Gonzalez is the primary sponsor of CA SB 521, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing law disqualifies a public employee, as defined, from any public employment for 5 years if the employee is convicted of any felony involving accepting or giving, or offering to give, a bribe, the embezzlement of public money, extortion or theft of public money, perjury, or conspiracy to commit any of those crimes arising directly out of their official duties. This bill would expand that provision to include any felony involving a conflict of interest. The bill would also disqualify a city manager or city attorney, as defined, including an individual acting under contract with the city for those services, who is convicted of any of the above-described felonies, from any future public employment in an equivalent role. 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.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2025-07-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 92, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Gonzalezauthor
  • Arreguíncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

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

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  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

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  4. 2025-03-26

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

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  5. 2025-04-02

    Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  6. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 23.

  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 870.) (April 23).

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  8. 2025-04-24

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-04-29

    Set for hearing May 5.

  10. 2025-05-05

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

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  11. 2025-05-06

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  12. 2025-05-08

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  13. 2025-05-08

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  14. 2025-05-29

    Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

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  15. 2025-06-25

    Coauthors revised.

  16. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  18. 2025-07-03

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  19. 2025-07-14

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2539.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  20. 2025-07-14

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  21. 2025-07-18

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

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  22. 2025-07-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  23. 2025-07-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 92, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 04/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-24Compare
  • 07/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-16Compare
  • 07/30/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-30Compare
  • SB521Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-04-23 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Strickland: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd

    2025-05-08 · pass · 36-0

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

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

    2025-06-25 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Lackey: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Boerner: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2025-07-02 · pass · 14-0

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

  • SB 521 Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day

    2025-07-14 · pass · 77-0

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

Related bills

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Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521

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