CA SB 805

enacted

Crimes.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 805 pass?

Yes. CA SB 805 has been enacted into law as of 2025-09-20. Latest recorded action (2025-09-20): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 805 about?

Existing law prohibits credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team, as specified. Existing law also prohibits willfully and credibly impersonating a peace officer, firefighter, or employee of a public utility, state or local government agency, or search and rescue team through or on an internet website, or by other electronic means, for the purposes of defrauding another. A violation of these prohibitions is punishable as a misdemeanor. This bill would revise and recast these provisions to prohibit impersonating a law enforcement officer, and would clarify that a law enforcement officer, for these purposes, includes a federal law enforcement officer. The bill would extend these offenses to include willfully and credibly impersonating any of those entities through any means for the purpose of defrauding another. By expanding the scope of a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. This bill would, on and after January 1, 2026, require a law enforcement officer operating in California that is not uniformed to visibly display identification that includes their agency and either a name or badge number to the public when performing their enforcement duties, except as specified. The bill would make a violation of these provisions a misdemeanor. The bill would define personnel of a law enforcement agency as any peace officer under California law and any federal law enforcement officer. By creating a new crime and imposing duties on local law enforcement, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require any law enforcement agency operating in California to, by January 1, 2026, maintain and publicly post a written policy on the visible identification of sworn personnel, including a purpose statement affirming the agency's commitment to specified principles including transparency, accountability, and public trust, and a requirement for sworn personnel to visibly display identification and for specified exceptions. The bill would exempt personnel of any agency from the crime for not displaying identification if an agency maintains a policy pursuant to these provisions. The bill would deem a policy consistent with that exception unless a member of the public, an oversight body, or a local governing authority challenges it. The bill would, if the agency does not address deficiencies within 90 days, authorize the complaining party to proceed to a court of competent jurisdiction for a judicial determination of the exemption, as specified. The bill would also authorize a peace officer, as defined, to request an alleged law enforcement officer to present identification when there is probable cause or reasonable suspicion to believe the alleged law enforcement officer has committed crime, including, but not limited to, impersonating a peace officer. Existing law, the Bail Fugitive Recovery Persons Act, regulates bail fugitive recovery agents, defined as a person given written authorization by the bail or depositor of bail and contracted to investigate, surveil, locate, and arrest a bail fugitive and any person employed to assist the bail or depositor of bail to investigate, surveil, locate, and arrest a bail fugitive. This bill would prohibit a person authorized to apprehend a bail fugitive from using that position for the purposes of immigration enforcement and would prohibit a person authorized to apprehend a bail fugitive from disclosing personally identifiable information of any bail fugitive that is requested for purposes of immigration enforcement, except as specified. This bill would declare these provisions are severable. 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 with regard to certain mandates no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason. With regard to any other mandates, this bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs so mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA SB 805?

Pérez is the primary sponsor of CA SB 805, joined by 17 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2025-02-21
Latest action: 2025-09-20 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Crimes

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
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-02-24
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-03-12
Referred to Com. on RLS.
referral-committee
2025-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-02
Re-referred to Com. on INS.
referral-committee
2025-04-04
Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 869.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-25
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-06
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1051.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-08
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-05-19
Referred to Com. on INS.
referral-committee
2025-06-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on INS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-27
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2025-07-16
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-07-17
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-18
Coauthors revised.
2025-08-20
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 20).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-09-05
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-05
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-05
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2025-09-09
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 3129.) Ordered to the Senate.
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-09
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
referral-committee
2025-09-10
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 2759.) Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
committee-passage,referral-committee
2025-09-11
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 2940.)
committee-passage
2025-09-11
Urgency clause adopted.
amendment-passage,passage
2025-09-11
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2918.) 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
2025-09-20
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-09-20
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 126, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
06/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-23Compare
07/17/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-07-17Compare
09/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-05Compare
09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
09/20/25 - Chaptered — 2025-09-20Compare
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Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-23 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Becker: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Jones: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Niello: 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 as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-15 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Haney: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Lackey: other
- Alanis: other
Do pass.
2025-08-20 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Ta: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Dixon: no
SB 805 Pérez Third Reading Urgency By Ortega
2025-09-10 · pass · 60-15
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: 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
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Hadwick: no
- Tangipa: no
- Macedo: no
- Alanis: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Ta: no
- Chen: no
- Castillo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- Patterson: no
- DeMaio: no
- Flora: other
- Hoover: other
- Lackey: other
- Gallagher: other
- Wallis: other
Unfinished Business SB805 Pérez et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence
2025-09-11 · pass · 30-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Allen: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Laird: yes
- Stern: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Valladares: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Grove: no
- Strickland: no
- Niello: no
- Dahle: no
- Choi: no
That the Assembly amendments be concurred in
2025-09-11 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (6)
- Caballero: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Seyarto: no

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