CA SB 891

in committee

Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law establishes the Department of Justice, and makes the department responsible, in part, for overseeing statewide criminal justice programs. Existing law requires the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments relating to, among other things, providing guidance for law enforcement education and training on policing and criminal investigations on Indian lands, providing guidance on improving crime reporting, crime statistics, criminal procedures, and investigative tools, and facilitating and supporting improved communication between local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments. This bill would establish a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program within and under the discretion of the Department of Justice. The bill would impose specified responsibilities on the program, including facilitating collaboration and acting as a liaison between tribal victims' families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies, where appropriate, regarding active and inactive cases involving missing and murdered indigenous persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking. The bill, until January 1, 2029, would require the program to submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing, among other things, data on the number of, and facts about, cases involving missing and murdered indigenous persons in California.

Introduced: 2026-01-14
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-09 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

MissingandMurderedIndigenousPersonsJusticeProgram

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-01-14
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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2026-01-15
From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 14.
2026-02-11
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-03-03
Set for hearing March 17.
2026-03-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3589.) (March 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 13.
2026-04-13
April 13 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4256.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4356.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
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2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

01/14/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-14Compare
05/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-14Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-03-17 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (6)
- Reyes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Arreguín: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-04-13 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
3rd Reading SB891 Cervantes et al.
2026-05-19 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2026-06-09 · pass · 9-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Alanis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Haney: yes
- Harabedian: yes

Related bills

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