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Measure SB 385
Authors Seyarto   Wahab  
Subject Peace officers.
Relating To relating to peace officers.
Title An act to amend Section 13511.1 of the Penal Code, relating to peace officers, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-01
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
Active? Y
Vote Required Two Thirds
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency Yes
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-01     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 218, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-01     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-12     In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-11     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3271.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-07-17     From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
2025-07-17     Ordered to third reading.
2025-07-10     Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-07-09     From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).
2025-06-17     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-05     Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2025-05-29     Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-29     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-04-22     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-04-21     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
2025-04-10     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-08     Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-07     April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-28     Set for hearing April 7.
2025-03-25     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-07     Set for hearing March 25.
2025-02-26     Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR.
2025-02-18     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-14     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Chaptered     2025-10-01
Enrolled     2025-09-16
Amended Senate     2025-04-10
Introduced     2025-02-14
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								The commission, stakeholders from law enforcement, including representatives of law enforcement administration and law enforcement employees, the California State University, including administration and faculty members, and community organizations shall serve as advisors to the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to develop a modern policing degree program. By June 1, 2023, the office of the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, in consultation with the stakeholders, shall submit a report on recommendations to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement this program. The recommendations in the report shall:
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								Focus on courses pertinent to law enforcement, which shall include, but not be limited to, psychology,
						communications, history, ethnic studies, law, and those determined to develop necessary critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence.
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								Include allowances for prior law enforcement experience, and appropriate work experience, postsecondary education experience, or military experience to satisfy a portion of the employment eligibility requirements.
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								It is the intent of the Legislature that allowances for prior experience in this paragraph for those with military experience may be provided to those with military specializations pertinent to law enforcement, including those specializations in community relations, deescalation, foreign language translators, and those determined to require necessary critical thinking skills and emotional intelligence.
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								It is the intent of the Legislature that allowances for
						prior experience specified in this paragraph shall be granted to those of good moral character, and shall not be granted to those with prior sustained disciplinary actions taken against them, except that the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training may, after considering the severity of the sustained misconduct or violation, grant a partial allowance.
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								Include both the modern policing degree program and bachelor’s degree in the discipline of their choosing as minimum education requirements for employment as a peace officer.
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								Include recommendations to adopt financial assistance for students of historically underserved and disadvantaged communities with barriers to higher education access that fulfill the minimum education requirements to be adopted, pursuant to this section, for employment as a peace officer.
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								The report to be submitted pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law required the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before June 1, 2023, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission, within 2 years of the submission of the report, to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report. This bill would repeal the requirement for the commission to approve and adopt the criteria described above. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.