CA SB 734

enacted

Criminal procedure: discrimination.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law, the Public Safety Officers Procedural Bill of Rights Act, grants certain employment rights to public safety officers, as defined. The act prohibits, among other things, any punitive action against a public safety officer, denial of promotion on grounds other than merit, or threat of such treatment, because of the lawful exercise of the rights granted under the act, or the exercise of any rights under any existing administrative grievance procedure. Existing law, the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, prohibits the state from seeking a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin. Existing law authorizes a defendant to file a motion in the trial court or, if judgment has been imposed, to file a petition for writ of habeas corpus to allege a violation of this prohibition. Existing law authorizes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to revoke the certification of a peace officer if the officer has, while employed as a peace officer, engaged in serious misconduct including, among other things, demonstrating bias on the basis of race, national origin, religion, gender identity or expression, housing status, sexual orientation, mental or physical disability, or other protected status in violation of law or department policy or inconsistent with a peace officer's obligation to carry out their duties in a fair and unbiased manner. This bill would prohibit a punitive action, denial of promotion on grounds other than merit, or a revocation of certification proceeding from being undertaken against any public safety officer on the basis of a court finding made in a challenge brought under the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, and would prohibit those court findings from being introduced for any purpose in any administrative appeal of a punitive action. The bill would require, if the defendant is represented by an attorney in a case brought under the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, in the prosecution of a writ of habeas corpus, or in the filing of a motion to vacate a conviction or sentence based on a violation of the California Racial Justice Act of 2020, and the motion or petition is based, in whole or in part, on the conduct of a law enforcement officer, the attorney to serve a copy of the motion on the law enforcement agency employing the officer. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 745, 1473, and 1473.7 of the Penal Code proposed by AB 1071 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1071 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 784, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-21
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,referral-committee
2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-03-18
Set for hearing April 1.
2025-03-24
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-01
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 612.) (April 1).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-04-22
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-08
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-08
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-12
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1271.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-28
Motion to reconsider made by Senator Caballero.
2025-05-28
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1271.)
2025-05-28
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1272.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-28
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-06-05
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
referral-committee
2025-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-02
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-03
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-08-26
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-08-26
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-04
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-04
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-08
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2977.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-08
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2733.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-17
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-13
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-13
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 784, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
04/02/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-02Compare
05/08/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-08Compare
08/26/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-26Compare
09/04/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-04Compare
09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-01 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Seyarto: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
3rd Reading
2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Reyes: other
- Cervantes: other
3rd Reading SB734 Caballero Reconsider
2025-05-28 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- McNerney: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Allen: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Limón: yes
- Becker: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Choi: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Jones: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Grove: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Stern: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Reyes: other
- Cervantes: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
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.
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 734 Caballero Senate Third Reading By Irwin
2025-09-08 · pass · 76-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Soria: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Papan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Lee: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Davies: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ortega: other
- Nguyen: other
- Boerner: other
- Elhawary: other
Unfinished Business SB734 Caballero Concurrence
2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Jones: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes

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