25-01 - 2025 Legislative Update
VOLUME 25 NUMBER 01 DATE: January 1, 2025
PURPOSE
The following is a summary of selected law enforcement-related legislative changes that may affect divisions countywide. These changes take effect January 1, 2025, unless otherwise noted. This summary is intended as a quick reference source and is, therefore, limited to major changes. It does not include every legislative change affecting law enforcement. The text of the statute and the Department Manual of Policy and Procedures should be reviewed prior to initiating law enforcement activity based on the information in this newsletter.
The California Peace Officer’s Legislative and Legal Digest can be found at 2025 Legislative Legal Digest. For further information, the complete text of statutes and California Codes can be found on the California Legislative Information website at http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov.
CRIMES AND INVESTIGATIVE PROCEDURES
AB 2943 – Shoplifting/Retail Theft: Warrantless, Private Person Arrest Procedures
Added Penal Code Section 372.7 which prohibits law enforcement from bringing a nuisance action against a business solely for reporting retail crime, unless the report is knowingly false.
Added Penal Code Section 496.6, which created a new offense relating to receipt of stolen property that was acquired through retail theft whether or not the person committed the theft.
Penal Code Section 836 was amended to allow peace officers to make warrantless arrests for misdemeanor shoplifting (459.5 PC) when the violation was NOT committed in the officer's presence if all the following conditions are met:
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The officer has probable cause to believe the person committed the violation;
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The arrest is made without undue delay after the violation; and
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Any of the following takes place:
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The officer obtains a sworn statement from a person who witnessed the person to be arrested committing the alleged violation;
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The officer observes video footage that shows the person to be arrested committing the alleged violation;
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The person to be arrested possesses a quantity of goods inconsistent with personal use and the goods bear security devices affixed by a retailer that would customarily be removed upon purchase; or
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The person to be arrested confesses to the alleged violation to the arresting officer.
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Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 487, 836, 853.6, and 1001.82 of, and to add Sections 372.7, 496.6, and 1203g to, the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
AB 2215 – Criminal Procedures: Arrests and Releasing Individuals to Social Services
Amended Penal Code Section 849 which allows a peace officer to release a person arrested without a warrant from custody, instead of taking the person before a magistrate, if the person is delivered to a public health or social service organization whose services include, but are not limited to:
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housing;
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medical care;
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treatment for alcohol or substance use disorders;
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psychological counseling; or
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employment training and education.
NOTE: The organization must agree to accept the delivery or referral.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 849 of the Penal Code relating to criminal procedure.
Added Penal Code Section 465 which prohibits a person from forcibly entering a vehicle with the intent to commit theft or any other felony. Penal Code Section 465 defines “forcible entry of a vehicle” to mean the entry was accomplished through employing any of the following:
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use of a tool or device that manipulates the locking mechanism, including, without limitation:
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a slim jim or other lockout tool;
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a shaved key;
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jiggler key;
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lock pick; or
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an electronic device such as a signal extender.
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force that damages the exterior of the vehicle, including, but not limited to:
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breaking a window;
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cutting a convertible top;
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punching a lock; or
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prying open a door.
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Added Penal Code Section 496.5 for unlawfully possessing property acquired through theft from a vehicle with intent to sell where the value of the property possessed exceeds $950. The value of the property can be aggregated with any other property possessed by the person with the same intent within the last two years or by property possessed by another person acting in concert with the first person.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to add Sections 465 and 496.5 to the Penal Code relating to crimes.
AB 1831 / SB 1381 – Child Pornography and SB 1414 – Solicitation of a Minor
AB 1831 amended Penal Code Sections 311, 311.2, 311.11, 311.12, and 312 to expand the scope of child pornography to include matter that is digitally altered or generated by the use of artificial intelligence.
SB 1414 amended solicitation of a minor (Penal Code Section 647) to increase punishment in the following situations:
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Increases the punishment for solicitation of a minor under the age of 16, or a minor under the age of 18, who is a victim of human trafficking, when an adult defendant knew or should have known that the person solicited was a minor, from a misdemeanor to an alternate felony-misdemeanor on a first offense. (647(l)(2)(A) PC)
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Makes a second or subsequent offense of soliciting a minor under the age of 16, or a minor under the age of 18 who is a victim of human trafficking, by an adult defendant a straight felony. (647(l)(2)(B) PC)
SB 1414 also amended Penal Code Section 290 to require a person who is 18 years or older, is convicted of 647(l)(2) PC, and has a prior conviction for, soliciting a minor (647(l)(2)(A) PC) to annually register as a sex offender for ten (10) years if, at the time of the offense, the person was more than ten (10) years older than the solicited minor.
Affected Code Sections:
AB 1831 amends 311, 311.2, 311.11, 311.12, and 312 of the Penal Code relating to crimes. SB 1414 amends Sections 290 and 647 of the Penal Code.
AB 1962 – Disorderly Conduct: “Revenge Porn” Amending 647(j)(4)(A) PC
Amended Penal Code Section 647(j)(4)(A) and expanded definitions of what criteria classifies the person’s intent within (I) to (III):
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The person distributing the image knows or should know that the distribution of the image will cause serious emotional distress.
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The person depicted suffers serious emotional distress.
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One of the following has occurred:
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The person depicted in the image and the person distributing the image had agreed or had an understanding that the image shall remain private.
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The image was knowingly recorded, captured, or otherwise obtained by the person distributing the image without the authorization of the person depicted, and the image was recorded or captured under circumstances in which the person depicted had a reasonable expectation of privacy.
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The image is knowingly obtained by the person distributing the image by exceeding authorized access from the property, accounts, messages, files, or resources of the person depicted.
NOTE: This section added the definition of a person who also intentionally creates or distributes “AI” generated images (refer to AB 1831).
The amendment also increases the penalty for a second or subsequent offense of secretly recording or photographing a minor in full or partial undress without their consent in prescribed locations from a misdemeanor to a wobbler (possible felony) (647(k)(3) PC).
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 647 of the Penal Code relating to crimes
Amended Penal Code Section 243.4(e)(1) to expand misdemeanor sexual battery to include when a person, for the purpose of sexual arousal, causes another, against their will, to masturbate or touch an intimate part of either of those persons or a third person.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 243.4 of the Penal Code relating to sexual battery.
SB 268 – Crimes: Rape of an Intoxicated Person
Amended Penal Code Section 667.5 making rape of an intoxicated person a "violent" felony where it is pleaded and proved that the defendant caused the intoxication by administering a controlled substance to the victim without their consent and with the intent to sexually assault them.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 667.5 of the Penal Code relating to crimes.
AB 1892 – Interception of Electronic Communications
Amended Penal Code Section 629.52 authorizing a court to issue an order authorizing interception of wire or electronic communications if the judge finds that there is probable cause to believe an individual is committing, has committed, or is about to commit a felony violation of specified statutes relating to the distribution of obscene matter depicting a person under 18 years of age. The specified statutes include the sale, distribution, or exhibition of child pornography, sexual exploitation of a child, employment of a minor in the sale or distribution of child pornography, advertising obscene matters depicting minors, and possession or control of child pornography.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 629.52 of the Penal Code relating to criminal procedure.
SB 918 – Law Enforcement Contact Process: “Social Media” Search Warrants
Effective July 1, 2025
Added Chapter 31.6 to the Business and Profession Code which requires specified social media platforms (with more than 1,000,000 discrete monthly users) to provide a staffed hotline to respond to law enforcement requests for information and generally requires those platforms to comply with a search warrant within 72 hours if specified conditions are met. (22946.1(b)(1) Business and Professions Code). This change will provide law enforcement agencies with more tools to collaborate with social media companies to combat drug trafficking and illicit market activity, particularly among teenagers.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to add Chapter 31.6 (commencing with Section 22946) to Division 8 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to social media platforms.
AB 1863 – Notification Systems: Feather Alert (for Indigenous People)
Amended the provisions cited below to require a response and request to activate Feather Alert. The law requires the California Highway Patrol to consult with specified groups, including tribal nations, in order to develop policies and procedures providing instruction specifying how a law enforcement agency and certain entities involved in emergency warnings are required to proceed after a missing person has been reported to a law enforcement agency.
The amendment also revises the conditions under which a law enforcement agency may request the department to activate a Feather Alert including authorizing the agency to make that request if it determines a Feather Alert would be an effective tool in the investigation of missing and/or murdered indigenous persons. To make that determination, a law enforcement agency is required to consider prescribed factors, including that the agency or tribe believes that the person is in danger and is missing under specified circumstances.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 8594.13 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 1 of Chapter 476 of the Statutes of 2022, relating to the California Emergency Services Act.
AB 3209 – Crimes: Retail Theft Restraining Orders
Added Penal Code Section 490.8, a misdemeanor, which allows a court to issue an order prohibiting a person from being present on the grounds of a retail establishment, including any parking lots and including any other retail establishments in that chain or franchise.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 6380 of the Family Code, and to add Section 490.8 to the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
AB 1802/SB 982: Organized Theft Section 490.4 PC
This amendment extends the operation of the regional property crimes task force indefinitely.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 490.4, and to repeal Section 13899.1 of the Penal Code, relating to crimes.
VEHICLE CODE
AB 1978 – Speed Contests: Vehicle Removal Without Custodial Booking
Effective July 1, 2025
Amended Vehicle Code Section 22651 authorizing a peace officer to not take a person into custody for a violation of obstructing or placing a barricade or obstruction upon a highway or in an off-street parking facility for the purpose of facilitating or aiding a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed, if the peace officer causes the removal and seizure of the vehicle used to commit that offense.
Added Vehicle Code Section 23109.3, which authorizes a peace officer to remove a vehicle without taking a person into custody when the alleged offense is a violation of obstructing or placing a barricade or obstruction upon a highway or in an off-street parking facility for the purpose of facilitating or aiding a motor vehicle speed contest or exhibition of speed, as specified in 23109(d) CVC.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 22651 and to add Section 23109.3 to the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.
AB 2186 – Impoundment: Speeding on Off-Street Parking Facility
Effective July 1, 2025
Amended Vehicle Code Section 23109.2 extending authority to arrest, and take custody of, drivers engaged in exhibition of speed that occurs in an off-street parking facility and permits impounding the individual’s vehicle for up to 30 days.
NOTE: This does not apply to aiding or abetting an exhibition of speed on either a highway, or an off-street parking facility.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 23109.2 of the Vehicle Code relating to vehicles.
AB 3085 – Vehicles and Impoundment
Amended Vehicle Code Section 14602.7, which expands the authority to seize and impound a vehicle, with a warrant, when the vehicle was used in violation of a speed contest or exhibition of speed (including aiding or abetting). The vehicle may be impounded for a period not to exceed 30 days and permits electronic service of the notices of impoundment and storage hearing.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 14602.7 of the Vehicle Code relating to vehicles.
AB 3278 – Transportation: Omnibus
Among other technical changes, this amendment prohibits a driver from operating a commercial motor vehicle for the rest of their life if convicted of using a commercial motor vehicle in the commission of a felony involving an act or practice of severe forms of human trafficking, as specified. (236.1(k) PC and 15303 CVC).
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 14035, 29532.1, and 67930 of, and to amend the heading of Title 7.89(commencing with 67930 of the Government Code), to amend Sections 19.8 and 236.1 of the Penal Code, to amend Section 106062 of the Public Utility Code, and to amend Sections 34500, 34501.12, and 34505.5 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 1803 of, and to add Sections 15303, 15303.3, and 15303.5 to the Vehicle Code, relating to transportation.
Effective July 1, 2026
Added Vehicle Code Section 38751 to require manufacturers of autonomous vehicles that operate without a human operator physically present in the vehicle, except as provided, to comply with certain requirements, including, among other things, to maintain a dedicated emergency response telephone line that is available for emergency response officials, as defined, and to equip each autonomous vehicle with a 2-way voice communication device that enables emergency response officials that are near the vehicle to communicate effectively with a remote human operator, as specified. This section also authorizes an emergency response official to issue an emergency geofencing message, as defined, to a manufacturer and would require a manufacturer to direct its fleet to leave or avoid the area identified within 2 minutes of receiving an emergency geofencing message.
Added Vehicle Code Section 38752 which authorizes peace officers to issue a notice to the manufacture of autonomous vehicle noncompliance upon observing an alleged violation of a Vehicle Code Section or a local traffic ordinance by an autonomous vehicle while the autonomous technology is engaged.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 38750 of the Vehicle Code, and to add Sections 38751, 38752, 38753 to the Vehicle Code.
AB 2984 – Fleeing the Scene of an Accident (Evading Prosecution)
Amended Penal Code Section 803 to permit the statute of limitations to be tolled up to three (3) years for hit-and-run causing death or permanent, serious injury, when a person is out of the state for the purpose of evading prosecution.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 803 of the Penal Code relating to crimes.
AB 2807 – Vehicle Sideshows and Takeover Defined
This amendment to Vehicle Code Section 23109 clarifies that a “sideshow” is also known as a “street takeover.”
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 23109 of the Vehicle code.
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE
AB 2759 – Lawfully Possessing a Firearm: Domestic Violence Protective Orders Exemptions
Amended Family Code Section 6389 to revise the peace officer exemption from firearm restrictions with domestic violence protective orders. This change authorizes a court to allow a peace officer to carry a specific firearm and/or ammunition if the peace officer is required, as a condition of continued employment, to carry that firearm and/or ammunition if they cannot be reassigned, and if the court finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the peace officer’s personal safety depends on the ability to carry that specific firearm and/ or outside of scheduled work hours and they do not pose an additional threat of harm to a protected party or the public. The law requires a mandatory psychological evaluation of the peace officer.
The law also allows a non-peace officer, who is required to carry a specific firearm in the scope of their employment, to carry a specific firearm and/or ammunition during scheduled working hours if specific conditions are met.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 6389 of the Family Code, relating to domestic violence.
AB 2822 – Notating the Removal of a Firearm/Weapon from a Domestic Violence Incident
Amended Penal Code Section 13730 to require a law enforcement officer to document in a domestic violence incident report if they remove a firearm or other deadly weapon.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 13730 of the Penal Code, relating to domestic violence.
SB 989 – Deaths With Known Domestic Violence History
Added Penal Code Section 679.07 to require law enforcement officers, prior to making findings as to the manner and cause of death of a deceased individual with an identifiable history of being victimized by domestic violence and under specified conditions, to interview family members of the decedent, as specified. The law authorizes a law enforcement officer to request a complete autopsy be conducted in a case where they determined the decedent had an identifiable history of being victimized by domestic violence, as defined, and specified conditions are present, including that the decedent died prematurely. The law also requires sworn law enforcement personnel investigating a case where the decedent had an identifiable history of being victimized by domestic violence be current on their training related to domestic violence incidents.
Amended Government Code Section 27491 to authorize the coroner to conduct an inquiry with a board-certified forensic pathologist if the circumstances surrounding a death known or suspected as due to suicide afford a reasonable basis to suspect that the death was caused by or related to the domestic violence of another.
Amended Code of Civil Procedure Section 129 families of decedents to provide the coroner with written authorization for the use of discovery taken by or for the coroner in a civil action or proceeding that relates to the death of that person. The amendment requires the identity of the family member be verified.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 129 of the Code of Civil Procedure, to amend Section 27491 of the Government Code, and to amend Section 13519 of, and to add Section 679.07 to, the Penal Code, relating to domestic violence.
AB 2308 – Domestic Violence: Protective Orders
Amended Penal Code Section 273.5 to extend the maximum duration of criminal protective orders that may be issued against defendants convicted of domestic violence involving corporal injury to a spouse, cohabitant, fiancé, or parent of the offender's child, from 10 years to 15 years.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 273.5 of the Penal Code relating to protective orders.
FIREARMS/WEAPONS
AB 2739 – Firearms as a Public Nuisance
Added Penal Code Section 26110, Carrying a Loaded Firearm as a Nuisance, and section 26395, Openly Carrying an Unloaded Handgun as a Nuisance. These changes provide that any loaded firearm or unloaded handgun openly and unlawfully carried in public constitutes a public nuisance and must be surrendered to law enforcement. Exceptions apply to any loaded firearms in violation of the Fish and Game Code, or any firearm used to kill, injure, or capture a person or an animal, in violation of the Public Resource Code.
Penal Code Section 18005 requires every law enforcement agency to develop and maintain a written policy and shall post the policy on its internet website.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 18000 and 18005 of, and to add Article 6 (commencing with Section 26110) to Chapter 3 of, and Article 3 (commencing with Section 26395) to Chapter 6 of, Division 5 of Title 4 of Part 6 of, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
AB 2842 – Firearms in Gun Buyback Programs
Amended Penal Code Section 18005 to require law enforcement agencies that contract for the destruction of firearms to ensure that such contracts prohibit the sale of firearms or any part or attachment of firearms.
Amended Penal Code Section 26576 allows any firearm obtained through a “gun-buyback” program an exemption from the destruction requirement if the firearm is donated to a historical society, museum, or institutional collection.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 18005 and 26576 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
AB 2907 – Firearm Restrained Persons
Added Penal Code Section 273.76 which requires an arresting officer for an offense involving an act of domestic violence to do all of the following:
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Query the Automated Firearms System through the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System for any firearms owned or possessed by the arrestee.
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Ask the arrestee, victim, and any other household members, if applicable, about any firearms owned or possessed by the arrestee.
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Ensure that, as provided, any firearm or other deadly weapon in plain sight or discovered pursuant to a consensual or other lawful search is taken into temporary custody.
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Document in detail, in the arrest report, the actions taken to fulfil these obligations.
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Requires the investigating or filing officer to include a copy of the Automated Firearms System report when filing the case.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 136.2, 273.5, 273.75, 368, 646.9, 1203.097, and 29825 of, and to add Sections 273.76 and 29825.5 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
Effective January 1, 2026
Added Penal Code Section 25145 which requires a person who possesses a firearm in a residence to keep the firearm securely stored when the firearm is not being carried or readily controlled, as specified. The first two violations of this section is punishable as an infraction, and a third, or subsequent violation, is punishable as a misdemeanor.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 17060, 25100, 25105, 25135, 25205, 27882, and 27883 of, and to add Sections 16745 and 25145 to, the Penal Code, relating to firearms.
HEALTH & SAFETY/WIC
AB 2629 – Firearms: Prohibited Persons
Effective September 1, 2025
Amended Welfare and Institutions Code Section 8103 to prohibits persons found mentally incompetent to stand trial in a post release community supervision (PRCS) or parole revocation hearing from possessing or receiving a firearm.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend, repeal, and add Section 8103 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to firearms.
AB 2018 – Controlled Substances: Fenfluramine
Amended Health and Safety Code Sections 11057 and 11375 to remove fenfluramine from the list of Schedule IV controlled substances and from the list of controlled substances that are a crime to possess or sell.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 11057 and 11375 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to controlled substances.
MISCELLANEOUS
AB 1954 – Sexually Violent Predators
Amended Welfare and Institutions Code Section 6608.5 to require a county sheriff or police chief, district attorney, and county counsel of any alternative locality or county, as specified, to provide consultation and assistance in the Department of State Hospitals’ (DSH) process of locating housing for a conditionally released sexually violent predator (SVP).
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 6608.5 and 6609.1 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to sexually violent predators.
AB 977 – Emergency Departments: Assault and Battery
Amended Penal Code Sections 241 and 243 to make an assault or battery committed against a physician, nurse, or other healthcare worker of a hospital engaged in providing services within the emergency department, when the person committing the offense knows or reasonably should know that the victim’s position, punishable as a misdemeanor by a fine or up to one year of imprisonment.
Amended Health and Safety Code Section 1317.5a to allow a health facility to post a notice in a conspicuous place in the emergency department stating that an assault or battery against staff is a crime.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to add Section 1317.5a to the Health and Safety Code, and to amend Sections 241 and 243 of the Penal Code, relating to hospital emergency departments.
AB 2531 – Deaths while in Law Enforcement Custody: Reporting
Amended Penal Code Section 10008 to defines "in-custody death" and clarify that death-in-custody reporting requirements apply to juveniles who die in custody. The law requires juveniles be included in the agency’s posting requirement along with the date of death, as determined by the medical examiner or similar entity.
The amended law defines an “in-custody death” as the death of a person who is detained, under arrest, or is in the process of being arrested, is enroute to be incarcerated, or is incarcerated at a municipal or county jail, any state or local contract facility, or other local or state correctional facility, including any juvenile facility. It also includes deaths that occur in medical facilities as a result of harm experienced while in law-enforcement custody.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 10008 of the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement.
AB 2621 – Law Enforcement Training Understanding Hate Crimes and GVROs
Amended Penal Code Section 13519.6 to require law enforcement hate crime training to include when a gun violence restraining order is appropriate to prevent a hate crime and the procedure for seeking a gun violence restraining order. The amended law also requires instruction on responses to hate crime waves against specified groups, including anti-Arab, anti-Middle Easter, anti-Islamic, anti-LGBTQ, anti-Native American, anti-immigrant, anti-Asian American and Pacific Islander, and anti-Jewish.
Amended Penal Code Section 18108 to revise the policies and standards that law enforcement agencies (LEAs) must adopt pertaining to gun violence restraining orders (GVROs).
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 13519.6 and 18108 of the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement training.
SB 1144 – Online Marketplaces: Sale of Stolen Goods
Amended, repealed, and added Civil Code Sections 1749.8, 1749.8.4, and 1749.8.9 to require an online marketplace to establish and maintain a policy prohibiting the sale of stolen goods on the marketplace and to provide a mechanism to notify the marketplace of the sale of stolen goods, as specified. The laws further require an online marketplace to alert local, regional, or state law enforcement agencies in California if it knows or should know that a third-party seller is selling or is attempting to sell stolen goods to a California resident.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend, repeal, and add Sections 1749.8 and 1749.8.4 of, and to add Section 1749.8.9 to, the Civil Code, relating to business.
CUSTODY
AB 1810 – Incarcerated Persons: Menstrual Products
Amended Penal Code Sections 3409 and 4023.5 and Welfare and Institutions Code Section 221 to require a person in a local detention facility, a state prison, or a local juvenile facility to have direct access to personal hygiene products and reproductive care without needing to request them.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Sections 3409 and 4023.5 of the Penal Code, and to amend Section 221 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to incarcerated persons.
AB 2527 – Pregnant Incarcerated Persons
Amended Penal Code Section 3408 which prohibits, unless under certain conditions, incarcerated pregnant persons in state prisons from being placed in solitary confinement or restrictive housing units during their pregnancy or for 12 weeks postpartum. It also requires incarcerated pregnant persons in the state prison to be provided with free and clean bottled water and daily high-quality and high caloric nutritional meals.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 3408 of the Penal Code, relating to incarceration.
AB 3092 – Reporting Requirements for In-Custody Deaths
Amended Government Code Section 12525 to require a law enforcement agency in charge of a correctional facility to update its written report regarding an in-custody death to the Attorney General if any of the information changes or new information becomes available regarding the death. This update must be submitted to the Attorney General within ten (10) days of the date of the change or the date the new information becomes available.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 12525 of the Government Code, relating to state government.
SB 1317 – Inmates: Psychiatric Medication: Informed Consent
Amended Penal Code Section 2603 to extend the provisions which protect all inmates in a county jail from being administered psychiatric medications without prior informed consent, with certain exceptions. The law also imposes additional criteria that must be satisfied before a county department of mental health or other designated county department may administer involuntary medication until January 1, 2030.
Affected Code Sections:
An act to amend Section 2603 of the Penal Code relating to county jail inmates.
EMPLOYMENT/ADMINISTRATIVE
AB 2499 – Unlawful Discrimination and Paid Sick Days: Victims of Violence
Changed multiple sections listed below to prohibit an employer with 25 or more employees from discharging or in any manner discriminating or retaliating against an employee, who is a victim or who has a family member who is a victim, for taking time off work for prescribed purposes relating to a qualifying act of violence.
Affected Code Sections
An act to amend Sections 214 of the Code of Civil Procedure, 48205 of the Education Code, 246.5 of the Labor Code, 679.027 of the Penal Code, 11320.31 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, adding Section 12945.8 Government Code, and repealing Sections 230 and 230.1 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.
REFERENCES
California Legislative Information - https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/home.xhtml
California Peace Officer’s Association - https://cpoa.org/
California District Attorney’s Association - https://www.cdaa.org/