POST Monthly Report

August 2026

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

Review of Learning Domain 19, Vehicle Operations Student Workbook

Participate attending LD 19 student workbook workshop — Subject matter experts participate in the LD 19 student workbook workshop.

On August 4-6, 2026, Basic Training Bureau (BTB) staff facilitated a workshop where 12 subject matter experts from throughout the state reviewed and made necessary changes to the Basic Course curriculum, specifically the Learning Domain (LD) 19 Vehicle Operations Student Workbook.

The revised version of the LD 19 student workbook will be available in fall 2026. All learning domains are available on the POST Website.

For questions regarding the workbook update process, please contact John Johnson, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 849-9521.

POST Hosts Training Coordinator Course at Orange County Probation Department

Jeff Dunn presenting Training Coordinator Course — Law Enforcement Consultant Jeff Dunn presents during the POST Training Coordinator Course at the Orange County Probation Department.

On August 4-5, 2026, Jeff Dunn and Matt O'Deane, Law Enforcement Consultants with the Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau, taught the 16-hour POST Training Coordinator Course at the Orange County Probation Department. Forty three training managers from 35 agencies across the state were in attendance.

This 16-hour course is designed to teach newly assigned training managers the fundamentals of the job within a law enforcement organization. This course explains the training manager’s role, resources available on the POST Website, POST training and background compliance, legal issues associated with training, mandatory and legislative mandates, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), and processes for course certification. All attendees must have EDI presenter access for their agency or company to attend.

Please contact your Regional Consultant if interested in future course offerings or check the POST Course Catalog.

Recruit Training Officer Course in San Diego

Mario Moreno give congrats to Alexzander White — Law Enforcement Consultant Mario Moreno congratulates attendee Alexzander White, La Mesa Police Department, on his completion of the RTO Course in San Diego.

On August 10-14, 2026, BTB staff facilitated a 24-hour Recruit Training Officer (RTO) Course for Basic Course Presenters. Commission Regulation 1071(b) requires all full-time RTOs to complete this course within one year of their appointment to their respective academies.

This RTO Course was facilitated in San Diego, CA, and included instruction on the roles and responsibilities of RTOs; legislative mandates, Commission Regulations and Commission Procedures; testing protocols and remedial training requirements; liability and ethics; communication, counseling and evaluations; physical training requirements; and special training issues.

Questions regarding the RTO Course may be directed to Mario Moreno, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4895.

Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course Workbook Workshop Series

Participates attends Dispatchers' Basic Course Workbook Workshop — Subject matter experts participate in the August Public Safety Dispatchers' Basic Course Workbook Workshop.

On August 18-20, 2026, BTB staff hosted an in-person workshop as part of its Public Safety Dispatchers' Basic Course Workbook Workshop Series. Ten dispatch professionals from the project’s subject matter experts (SME) cadre continued the development of standardized workbooks designed to support instruction and student learning within the Public Safety Dispatchers' Basic Course.

Following the initial workshop and SMEs review of assigned learning domains, participants reviewed draft workbook materials adapted from existing peace officer basic course workbooks and continued developing dispatcher-specific content to support the unique needs of public safety dispatch training.

Additional workshops are planned to continue developing and refining workbook content for the Public Safety Dispatchers' Basic Course.

For questions regarding the workshop, please contact Michelle Daubner, Supervisor I with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4827.

Supervisory Train-the-Trainer Course

On August 24-28, 2026, the Training Program Services Bureau hosted the Supervisory Train-the-Trainer Course in partnership with the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Held at the CHP Academy in West Sacramento, CA, the program equipped participants with instructional strategies, facilitation techniques, and certified them to deliver the 80-hour POST Supervisory Course.

Participants were invited, by POST, from agencies across the state, including CHP. The curriculum included instruction on Bloom’s Taxonomy, an overview of Situational Leadership, and advanced facilitation skills.

The course began with each student delivering a ten-minute facilitated discussion on an assigned topic, drawn from the Supervisory Course Network. Two expert facilitators evaluated these presentations and provided constructive feedback, highlighting strengths and opportunities for improvement.

After a focused block of instruction on facilitation techniques, students co-facilitated 15 minutes of assigned material from the Supervisory Course Network. Expert facilitators, again, provided immediate feedback and individualized critiques.

Each participant who completes three facilitation sessions in total successfully meets the course requirements, and students who complete the full program are certified to facilitate the POST Supervisory Course.

For questions regarding the Supervisory Train-the-Trainer Course, please contact Jim Katapodis, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Training Program Services Bureau, at (916) 204-5587.

Recently Approved Rulemaking Files

The following is a list of recently approved rulemaking files proposed by the Commission on POST. The Office of Administrative Law reviews these rulemaking files to ensure compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act.

View all Commission on POST Regulatory Actions.

Amend Extension of Time Limit for Course Completion
Commission Regulation 1006
Approved August 06, 2026
Effective October 01, 2026
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)

Amend Minimum Standards and Training
Commission Regulation 1005 (Non-Substantive)
Approved July 28, 2026
Effective July 28, 2026
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)

Amend Appointments and Professional Certificates
Commission Regulations 1003 and 1011
Approved July 27, 2026
Effective October 1, 2026
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)

Additional information regarding the Commission Regulation changes can be obtained by contacting the Regulations Analyst at regulatorybulletins@post.ca.gov.

Legislative Update

Status of Current Legislation

The Legislative Session has concluded. The Governor has until September 30, 2026 to sign or veto any legislation. The following is a list of bills POST monitored during the 2026 Legislative Session. These bills could have an impact on POST operations or be of significant interest to law enforcement partners. It is not a complete list. (Updated 9/1/2026)

View a detailed report on legislative matters pertaining to law enforcement and POST.

Bill # and Author	Title and Summary	Status of Bill
AB 31 Assembly Member Ramos	Peace officers: tribal police Existing federal law authorizes tribal governments to employ tribal police for the enforcement of tribal law on tribal lands. Existing federal law requires the State of California to exercise criminal jurisdiction on Indian lands. Existing state law deems a tribal police officer who has been deputized or appointed by a county sheriff as a reserve or auxiliary deputy to be a peace officer in the State of California. Existing law, from July 1, 2026, until July 1, 2029, establishes the Tribal Police Pilot Program under the Department of Justice and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training that grants peace officer authority to certain tribal police officers on Indian lands and elsewhere in the state under specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes the department to select 3 federally recognized tribes to participate, sets certain minimum qualifications and certification and training requirements for a tribal officer to act pursuant to this authority, and places certain requirements on the employing tribe, including a limited waiver of sovereign immunity, the adoption of a tribal law or resolution authorizing that exercise of authority and providing for public access to certain records. This bill would rename the pilot program to the Tribal Police Program and would extend the program indefinitely.	Last Amend: 8/13/2026 Location: 8/31/2026-A. ENROLLED
AB 1537 Assembly Member Bryan	Peace officers: secondary employment Existing law provides that every executive or ministerial officer, employee, or appointee of the State of California, or any county or city therein, or any political subdivision thereof, who knowingly asks, receives, or agrees to receive any emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any promise thereof excepting such as may be authorized by law for doing an official act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law exempts from that offense certain employment by a peace officer while off duty, as specified. Existing law also provides that a peace officer shall not be prohibited from engaging in other employment while off duty, as specified. This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions, prohibit certain peace officers from engaging in any form of secondary employment, including contract based or as an individual contractor, that involves engaging in arresting, detaining, transporting, or deporting individuals pursuant to federal or out-of-state immigration laws. The bill would provide that failure to comply with this provision may constitute, for certain purposes, an act of serious misconduct and that it is grounds for decertification as a peace officer. The bill would require certain peace officers to report to their employing law enforcement agency any conditional offer of secondary employment relating to immigration enforcement.	Last Amend: 8/21/2026 Location: 8/30/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 1544 Assembly Member Krell	Court proceedings: media access The California Constitution vests the judicial power of the state in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts. Existing law requires the sittings of every court to be public, except as authorized. This bill would bar a judicial officer, peace officer, or other law enforcement officer from prohibiting a member of the press or public from accessing court proceedings that are open to the public. The bill would authorize a violation of that provision to be subject to civil penalties, as specified.	Last Amend: 4/9/2026 Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLED
AB 1586 Assembly Member Ramos	Opioid overdose reversal medication: school resource officers Existing law authorizes a school district, county office of education, and charter school to provide emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to school nurses and trained personnel who have volunteered, and authorizes school nurses and trained personnel to use naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose. This bill, to be known as the School Safety and Opioid Overdose Prevention Act, and commencing with the 2027–28 school year, would require a school resource officer, as defined, to (1) upon assignment to a schoolsite, and at least every 2 years thereafter, complete an opioid overdose recognition and response training, as specified, and (2) report, on or before July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter until July 1, 2030, to the State Department of Public Health, among other things, the number of times the school resource officer administered an opioid antagonist, and the types of opioid antagonist received and administered, while serving at a schoolsite.	Last Amend: 8/13/2026 Location: 8/28/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 1615 Assembly Member Nguyen	Firearms: unsafe handguns Current law makes it a crime, punishable by not more than one year in county jail, to manufacture or cause to be manufactured, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Current law establishes certain exemptions to this prohibition, including, among others, exemptions for sales to specified law enforcement agencies and other specified government agencies for use by specified employees and sales to specified peace officers. Current law specifies that the sale of an unsafe handgun to certain specified entities, including county probation departments, and members of those entities, is only authorized if the handgun is to be used as a service weapon by a peace officer who has successfully completed the basic course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and who qualifies with the handgun, as specified, at least every 6 months. This bill would authorize a peace officer employed by a county probation department and using an unsafe handgun as a service weapon to satisfy the above-described training requirement by completion of the firearm portion of a training course prescribed by POST and who qualifies with the handgun, as specified, at least every 3 months.	Last Amend: 8/19/2026 Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 1627 Assembly Member Avila Farias	Public employment: disqualifications Existing law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Existing law specifies circumstances that disqualify a person from holding office or being employed as a peace officer, including, among other things, any person previously employed in law enforcement in any state or United States territory or by the federal government whose name is listed in any of specified indexes whose certification as a law enforcement officer in that jurisdiction was revoked for misconduct or who, while employed as a law enforcement officer, engaged in serious misconduct that would have resulted in their certification being revoked by the commission if employed as a peace officer in this state. This bill would specify that, for purposes of the disqualification circumstances described above, the terms “employed in law enforcement” and “law enforcement officer” include a law enforcement officer employed in any state or United States territory or by the federal government who engages in immigration enforcement, as provided. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1029 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1896 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1896 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.	Last Amend: 8/26/2026 Location: 8/30/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 1753 Assembly Member Stefani	Protective orders: firearms and ammunition Existing law establishes procedures by which a person may petition the court for certain protective or restraining orders, including civil harassment restraining orders, domestic violence restraining orders, elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders, gun violence restraining orders, postsecondary school restraining orders, and workplace violence restraining orders, to enjoin a restrained person from taking specified actions. Before a hearing on the issuance or denial of a domestic violence restraining order or gun violence restraining order, existing law requires the court to ensure that a search has been conducted to determine, among other things, if the subject of the proposed order owns or possesses a firearm as reflected in the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System. If after the search, the court finds that the subject of the proposed order owns or possesses a firearm, existing law requires the court to make a written record as to whether the subject has relinquished the firearm and provided proof of the required storage, sale, or relinquishment of the firearm. Upon a court’s issuance of such a protective order, existing law requires the restrained person to relinquish any firearm and ammunition in that person’s immediate possession or control, according to specified procedures. Existing law prescribes procedures by which the restrained person must certify compliance with the court, and for the court to determine, by a preponderance of the evidence, whether the person has a firearm in violation of the order. This bill would make clarifying and conforming changes to the procedures relating to the protective or restraining orders described above by explicitly requiring the restrained person to relinquish, in addition to any firearm, any ammunition in that person’s immediate possession or control. The bill, commencing January 1, 2028, would require courts to permit a party or witness to appear remotely at a hearing for a postsecondary educational institution or workplace violence restraining order at no cost.	Last Amend: 8/21/2026 Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 1896 Assembly Member Gonzalez	Public employment: disqualifications Existing law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Existing law specifies circumstances that disqualify a person from holding office or being employed as a peace officer, including, among other things, having been convicted of a felony. This bill, the GTFO Act, would disqualify a person from being a peace officer because they were previously employed by an entity that engages in immigration enforcement, as defined, during the period beginning January 20, 2025, and ending January 20, 2029, except as specified.	Last Amend: 8/27/2026 Location: 8/31/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 2318 Assembly Member Elhawary	Law enforcement: facilitating medical care Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies and requires specified law enforcement agencies to maintain policies on, among other things, use of force, hate crimes, and gun violence restraining orders. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to establish and keep updated a field training officer course relating to competencies of the field training program and police training program that addresses how to interact with persons with certain conditions. This bill would make it unlawful for a law enforcement officer to deny, delay, obstruct, or fail to facilitate access to medical evaluation or treatment for an individual under law enforcement control, but who is not in the custody of, or detained in, a county jail or the state prison, if it is safe and reasonable to provide access to treatment and a medical professional has been requested or is present and is willing to render care to the individual. If access to medical evaluation or treatment is denied or delayed when a medical professional is present and is willing to assist, the bill would require law enforcement to document the basis of the denial within 72 hours of the incident, as specified.	Last Amend: 8/13/2026 Location: 8/28/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 2337 Assembly Member Lackey	Peace officers: theft Existing law authorizes Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to suspend or revoke the certification of a peace officer if the peace officer has engaged in any serious misconduct, as specified. Existing law requires POST to adopt by regulation a definition of “serious misconduct” that serves as the criteria to be considered for ineligibility for, or revocation of, certification, as provided. This bill would additionally authorize POST to suspend or revoke the certification of a peace officer who commits specified theft under color of authority, where the peace officer acted with specific intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property.	Last Amend: 8/25/2026 Location: 8/30/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 2411 Assembly Member McKinnor	California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command: agreements with state and local agencies Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish the California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command (COPPSC) to facilitate the planning, resourcing, management, and delivery of safety and security at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. Existing law repeals provisions relating to COPPSC on January 1, 2029. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of certain peace officers. Existing law requires POST to establish a certification program for certain peace officers, as provided. This bill would require COPPSC to negotiate and enter into agreements to facilitate training, mutual cooperation, sharing of information and resources, and the use of public safety personnel with other state and local agencies within and outside of the state of California for the purposes of ensuring public safety during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The bill would require the agreement to, among other things, require public safety personnel contracted from out of state to obtain a certificate of training from the commission.	Last Amend: 8/21/2026 Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
AB 2720 Assembly Member Schiavo	Human trafficking victim support coordinator Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and charges it with, among other duties, developing and disseminating guidelines and training for all peace officers in this state. Existing law requires POST to develop and implement a course of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers on the handling of human trafficking complaints, as specified. This bill would require each law enforcement agency, as defined, to designate at least one human trafficking victim support coordinator by January 1, 2028. The bill would require the coordinator to take the above-described course of instruction no later than 6 months after designation, except as specified, and, upon completion of the course, serve as a liaison between the law enforcement agency, trusted community-based organizations, and victims.	Last Amend: 6/17/2026 Location: 8/14/2026-S. DEAD
AB 2760 Assembly Member Sharp-Collins	Law enforcement: wearable electroshock devices Would, until January 1, 2030, prohibit a law enforcement agency, including a federal law enforcement agency, from using a wearable electroshock device within the State of California. The bill would also prohibit a law enforcement agency from using state funds to purchase a wearable electroshock device. The bill would require a law enforcement agency to update their use of force policies to prohibit the use of a wearable electroshock device. By increasing the duties on local law enforcement, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Division of Law Enforcement within the Department of Justice to conduct a study on the safety and community impacts of wearable electroshock devices and provide recommendations for appropriate standards and safeguards for their use, and would require the department to report to the Legislature on the findings and recommendations of the study on or before January 1, 2029.	Last Amend: 8/28/2026 Location: 8/31/2026-A. ENROLLMENT
SB 691 Senator Wahab	Body-worn cameras: policies Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider specified best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data, such as specifically stating the length of time that recorded data is to be stored, when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system, as specified. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, each law enforcement agency that has a body-worn camera policy to update that policy to include a procedure for emergency service personnel to request the redaction of evidentiary and nonevidentiary recordings of a patient undergoing medical or psychological evaluation, procedure, or treatment by emergency service personnel, and to maintain an unredacted copy of the recording consistent with the policies and procedures of the agency.	Last Amend: 5/26/2026 Location: 8/31/2026-S. ENROLLED
SB 937 Senator Gonzalez	Law enforcement: flashbang grenades and explosive breaching charges Existing law prohibits the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards. Existing law requires kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents only to be deployed by a peace officer that has received proper training for crowd control, as specified, or to bring an objectively dangerous and unlawful situation safely and effectively under control and only in accordance with certain requirements, including that de-escalation techniques have been attempted and have failed, kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents are not aimed at the head, neck, or any other vital organs, and, if the chemical agent to be deployed is tear gas, only a commanding officer at the scene of the assembly, protest, or demonstration may authorize the use of tear gas. This bill would expand the above prohibition and exception to include flash-bang grenades, as defined. The bill would define law enforcement agency as any department or agency of the state or any local government, special district, or other political subdivision thereof, that employs any peace officer, as defined, or any federal law enforcement agency.	Last Amend: 8/20/2026 Location: 8/31/2026-S. ENROLLED
SB 938 Senator Menjivar	Peace officers: qualifications Existing law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Existing law requires specified peace officers to successfully complete a training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) before exercising the powers of a peace officer. Existing law requires the commission, for those instances where individuals have acquired prior comparable peace officer training, to adopt regulations providing for alternative means for satisfying the training required by a specified provision of law. Existing regulations provide a Basic Course Waiver to individuals with qualifying out-of-state or federal law enforcement experience whose law enforcement training, experience, and education are deemed by POST to demonstrate sufficient law enforcement knowledge, skill, and proficiency. This bill would provide that service as a sworn federal law enforcement officer whose primary duties consisted of any one or any combination of immigration inspection, border enforcement, or apprehension, detention, or removal of noncitizens under the federal immigration laws, and the training for that service, does not, standing alone, constitute qualifying training, experience, and education demonstrating sufficient law enforcement knowledge, skill, and proficiency for purposes of determining eligibility for a Regular Basic Course Waiver.	Last Amend: 8/20/2026 Location: 8/28/2026-S. ENROLLMENT
SB 1004 Senator Wiener	Law enforcement: masks Existing law makes it a crime for a law enforcement officer to wear a facial covering in the performance of their duties, except as specified. Existing law defines law enforcement officer for these purposes as anyone designated by California law as a peace officer who is employed by a city, county, or other local agency, and any officer or agent of a federal law enforcement agency, agency or law enforcement agency of another state, or any person acting on behalf of a federal law enforcement agency. This bill would add peace officers employed by a state agency to the definition of law enforcement officers, thereby making those law enforcement officers subject to those criminal penalties. The bill would specify that facial coverings does not include certain items, including, among other things, sunglasses. The bill would, for all of the items excluded from the definition of facial coverings, limit that exclusion if the items are combined or otherwise used in a manner intended to conceal or obscure an officer’s identity.	Last Amend: 08/13/2026 Location: 8/27/2026-S. ENROLLMENT
SB 1105 Senator Perez	Law enforcement Existing law defines those persons who are peace officers in the state, grants certain authority to those individuals and their employing entities, and places certain requirements on those individuals and their employing entities. Under existing law, federal criminal investigators and law enforcement officers are not California peace officers but are granted specified limited arrest authority in limited circumstances including when violations of state and local laws occur in their presence, when there is an immediate danger to persons or property, when detaining a person for evaluation or treatment who, due to a mental illness, is a danger to themselves or others, and when requested by a California law enforcement agency to be involved in a joint task force or criminal investigation. Existing law additionally grants peace officer status to federal employees who comply with certain training requirements, while they are engaged in enforcing state or local law on and adjacent to property owned or possessed by the United States Government, with the written consent of local law enforcement officials, as specified. This bill would remove certain arrest authority or peace officer status for federal criminal investigators, law enforcement officers, and federal employees, including for the purposes of executing a warrant for the arrest of a person. The bill would authorize deputized tribal law enforcement officers of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to exercise the powers of arrest, as specified, if, among other things, they are engaged in the enforcement of federal criminal law and they are exercising arrest powers that are incidental to the performance of those federal duties. The bill would also authorize certain federal employees of, among other agencies, the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, if they are enforcing specified provisions of state law on property owned by the United States government, to exercise peace officer status with the written consent of the sheriff or the chief of police from the respective jurisdiction.	Last Amend: 8/20/2026 Location: 8/27/2026-S. ENROLLMENT
SB 1246 Senator Cortese	Autonomous vehicles Existing law authorizes the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the proper class of license for the type of vehicle operated if specified requirements are satisfied. Existing law prohibits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified, and that application is approved. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations setting forth requirements for the submission and approval of an application, including, among other things, any testing, equipment, and performance standards the department concludes are necessary to ensure the safe operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads, as specified. This bill would require remote drivers or local incident technicians, as defined, to be located within the United States and hold a valid driver’s license of a state or territory of the United States of the appropriate class with any endorsements required for a human driver to lawfully operate the same vehicle in this state. The bill would require an autonomous vehicle manufacturer to ensure, through its staffing and assignments, that local incident technicians are immediately dispatched upon notification, electronically or otherwise, of an accident involving damage to persons or property, or upon receiving a request from an emergency response official or 911 dispatch center. The bill would, in the event of a fleetwide emergency or system failure, require an autonomous vehicle manufacturer to immediately notify affected local jurisdictions, including emergency dispatch, of the location and status of their fleet and deploy local incident technicians, where appropriate, whenever affected vehicles cannot be remotely recovered and create a traffic hazard or impede emergency response.	Last Amend: 8/21/2026 Location: 8/31/2026-S. ENROLLMENT

Bill # and Author

Title and Summary

Status of Bill

AB 31

Assembly Member Ramos

Peace officers: tribal police

Existing federal law authorizes tribal governments to employ tribal police for the enforcement of tribal law on tribal lands. Existing federal law requires the State of California to exercise criminal jurisdiction on Indian lands. Existing state law deems a tribal police officer who has been deputized or appointed by a county sheriff as a reserve or auxiliary deputy to be a peace officer in the State of California. Existing law, from July 1, 2026, until July 1, 2029, establishes the Tribal Police Pilot Program under the Department of Justice and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training that grants peace officer authority to certain tribal police officers on Indian lands and elsewhere in the state under specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes the department to select 3 federally recognized tribes to participate, sets certain minimum qualifications and certification and training requirements for a tribal officer to act pursuant to this authority, and places certain requirements on the employing tribe, including a limited waiver of sovereign immunity, the adoption of a tribal law or resolution authorizing that exercise of authority and providing for public access to certain records. This bill would rename the pilot program to the Tribal Police Program and would extend the program indefinitely.

Last Amend: 8/13/2026

Location: 8/31/2026-A. ENROLLED

AB 1537

Assembly Member Bryan

Peace officers: secondary employment

Existing law provides that every executive or ministerial officer, employee, or appointee of the State of California, or any county or city therein, or any political subdivision thereof, who knowingly asks, receives, or agrees to receive any emolument, gratuity, or reward, or any promise thereof excepting such as may be authorized by law for doing an official act, is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law exempts from that offense certain employment by a peace officer while off duty, as specified. Existing law also provides that a peace officer shall not be prohibited from engaging in other employment while off duty, as specified. This bill would, notwithstanding those provisions, prohibit certain peace officers from engaging in any form of secondary employment, including contract based or as an individual contractor, that involves engaging in arresting, detaining, transporting, or deporting individuals pursuant to federal or out-of-state immigration laws. The bill would provide that failure to comply with this provision may constitute, for certain purposes, an act of serious misconduct and that it is grounds for decertification as a peace officer. The bill would require certain peace officers to report to their employing law enforcement agency any conditional offer of secondary employment relating to immigration enforcement.

Last Amend: 8/21/2026

Location: 8/30/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 1544

Assembly Member Krell

Court proceedings: media access

The California Constitution vests the judicial power of the state in the Supreme Court, courts of appeal, and superior courts. Existing law requires the sittings of every court to be public, except as authorized. This bill would bar a judicial officer, peace officer, or other law enforcement officer from prohibiting a member of the press or public from accessing court proceedings that are open to the public. The bill would authorize a violation of that provision to be subject to civil penalties, as specified.

Last Amend: 4/9/2026

Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLED

AB 1586

Assembly Member Ramos

Opioid overdose reversal medication: school resource officers

Existing law authorizes a school district, county office of education, and charter school to provide emergency naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to school nurses and trained personnel who have volunteered, and authorizes school nurses and trained personnel to use naloxone hydrochloride or another opioid antagonist to provide emergency medical aid to persons suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose. This bill, to be known as the School Safety and Opioid Overdose Prevention Act, and commencing with the 2027–28 school year, would require a school resource officer, as defined, to (1) upon assignment to a schoolsite, and at least every 2 years thereafter, complete an opioid overdose recognition and response training, as specified, and (2) report, on or before July 1, 2028, and annually thereafter until July 1, 2030, to the State Department of Public Health, among other things, the number of times the school resource officer administered an opioid antagonist, and the types of opioid antagonist received and administered, while serving at a schoolsite.

Last Amend: 8/13/2026

Location: 8/28/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 1615

Assembly Member Nguyen

Firearms: unsafe handguns

Current law makes it a crime, punishable by not more than one year in county jail, to manufacture or cause to be manufactured, import into the state for sale, keep for sale, offer or expose for sale, give, or lend an unsafe handgun. Current law establishes certain exemptions to this prohibition, including, among others, exemptions for sales to specified law enforcement agencies and other specified government agencies for use by specified employees and sales to specified peace officers. Current law specifies that the sale of an unsafe handgun to certain specified entities, including county probation departments, and members of those entities, is only authorized if the handgun is to be used as a service weapon by a peace officer who has successfully completed the basic course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and who qualifies with the handgun, as specified, at least every 6 months. This bill would authorize a peace officer employed by a county probation department and using an unsafe handgun as a service weapon to satisfy the above-described training requirement by completion of the firearm portion of a training course prescribed by POST and who qualifies with the handgun, as specified, at least every 3 months.

Last Amend: 8/19/2026

Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 1627

Assembly Member Avila Farias

Public employment: disqualifications

Existing law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Existing law specifies circumstances that disqualify a person from holding office or being employed as a peace officer, including, among other things, any person previously employed in law enforcement in any state or United States territory or by the federal government whose name is listed in any of specified indexes whose certification as a law enforcement officer in that jurisdiction was revoked for misconduct or who, while employed as a law enforcement officer, engaged in serious misconduct that would have resulted in their certification being revoked by the commission if employed as a peace officer in this state. This bill would specify that, for purposes of the disqualification circumstances described above, the terms “employed in law enforcement” and “law enforcement officer” include a law enforcement officer employed in any state or United States territory or by the federal government who engages in immigration enforcement, as provided. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 1029 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1896 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1896 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.

Last Amend: 8/26/2026

Location: 8/30/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 1753

Assembly Member Stefani

Protective orders: firearms and ammunition

Existing law establishes procedures by which a person may petition the court for certain protective or restraining orders, including civil harassment restraining orders, domestic violence restraining orders, elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders, gun violence restraining orders, postsecondary school restraining orders, and workplace violence restraining orders, to enjoin a restrained person from taking specified actions. Before a hearing on the issuance or denial of a domestic violence restraining order or gun violence restraining order, existing law requires the court to ensure that a search has been conducted to determine, among other things, if the subject of the proposed order owns or possesses a firearm as reflected in the Department of Justice Automated Firearms System. If after the search, the court finds that the subject of the proposed order owns or possesses a firearm, existing law requires the court to make a written record as to whether the subject has relinquished the firearm and provided proof of the required storage, sale, or relinquishment of the firearm. Upon a court’s issuance of such a protective order, existing law requires the restrained person to relinquish any firearm and ammunition in that person’s immediate possession or control, according to specified procedures. Existing law prescribes procedures by which the restrained person must certify compliance with the court, and for the court to determine, by a preponderance of the evidence, whether the person has a firearm in violation of the order. This bill would make clarifying and conforming changes to the procedures relating to the protective or restraining orders described above by explicitly requiring the restrained person to relinquish, in addition to any firearm, any ammunition in that person’s immediate possession or control. The bill, commencing January 1, 2028, would require courts to permit a party or witness to appear remotely at a hearing for a postsecondary educational institution or workplace violence restraining order at no cost.

Last Amend: 8/21/2026

Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 1896

Assembly Member Gonzalez

Public employment: disqualifications

Last Amend: 8/27/2026

Location: 8/31/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 2318

Assembly Member Elhawary

Law enforcement: facilitating medical care

Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies and requires specified law enforcement agencies to maintain policies on, among other things, use of force, hate crimes, and gun violence restraining orders. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to establish and keep updated a field training officer course relating to competencies of the field training program and police training program that addresses how to interact with persons with certain conditions. This bill would make it unlawful for a law enforcement officer to deny, delay, obstruct, or fail to facilitate access to medical evaluation or treatment for an individual under law enforcement control, but who is not in the custody of, or detained in, a county jail or the state prison, if it is safe and reasonable to provide access to treatment and a medical professional has been requested or is present and is willing to render care to the individual. If access to medical evaluation or treatment is denied or delayed when a medical professional is present and is willing to assist, the bill would require law enforcement to document the basis of the denial within 72 hours of the incident, as specified.

Last Amend: 8/13/2026

Location: 8/28/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 2337

Assembly Member Lackey

Peace officers: theft

Existing law authorizes Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to suspend or revoke the certification of a peace officer if the peace officer has engaged in any serious misconduct, as specified. Existing law requires POST to adopt by regulation a definition of “serious misconduct” that serves as the criteria to be considered for ineligibility for, or revocation of, certification, as provided. This bill would additionally authorize POST to suspend or revoke the certification of a peace officer who commits specified theft under color of authority, where the peace officer acted with specific intent to permanently deprive the owner of the property.

Last Amend: 8/25/2026

Location: 8/30/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 2411

Assembly Member McKinnor

California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command: agreements with state and local agencies

Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to establish the California Olympic and Paralympic Public Safety Command (COPPSC) to facilitate the planning, resourcing, management, and delivery of safety and security at the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Los Angeles. Existing law repeals provisions relating to COPPSC on January 1, 2029. Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) to adopt rules establishing minimum standards relating to physical, mental, and moral fitness that govern the recruitment of certain peace officers. Existing law requires POST to establish a certification program for certain peace officers, as provided. This bill would require COPPSC to negotiate and enter into agreements to facilitate training, mutual cooperation, sharing of information and resources, and the use of public safety personnel with other state and local agencies within and outside of the state of California for the purposes of ensuring public safety during the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The bill would require the agreement to, among other things, require public safety personnel contracted from out of state to obtain a certificate of training from the commission.

Last Amend: 8/21/2026

Location: 8/27/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

AB 2720

Assembly Member Schiavo

Human trafficking victim support coordinator

Existing law generally provides for the regulation of law enforcement agencies. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) and charges it with, among other duties, developing and disseminating guidelines and training for all peace officers in this state. Existing law requires POST to develop and implement a course of instruction for the training of law enforcement officers on the handling of human trafficking complaints, as specified. This bill would require each law enforcement agency, as defined, to designate at least one human trafficking victim support coordinator by January 1, 2028. The bill would require the coordinator to take the above-described course of instruction no later than 6 months after designation, except as specified, and, upon completion of the course, serve as a liaison between the law enforcement agency, trusted community-based organizations, and victims.

Last Amend: 6/17/2026

Location: 8/14/2026-S. DEAD

AB 2760

Assembly Member Sharp-Collins

Law enforcement: wearable electroshock devices

Would, until January 1, 2030, prohibit a law enforcement agency, including a federal law enforcement agency, from using a wearable electroshock device within the State of California. The bill would also prohibit a law enforcement agency from using state funds to purchase a wearable electroshock device. The bill would require a law enforcement agency to update their use of force policies to prohibit the use of a wearable electroshock device. By increasing the duties on local law enforcement, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Division of Law Enforcement within the Department of Justice to conduct a study on the safety and community impacts of wearable electroshock devices and provide recommendations for appropriate standards and safeguards for their use, and would require the department to report to the Legislature on the findings and recommendations of the study on or before January 1, 2029.

Last Amend: 8/28/2026

Location: 8/31/2026-A. ENROLLMENT

SB 691

Senator Wahab

Body-worn cameras: policies

Existing law requires law enforcement agencies, departments, or entities to consider specified best practices regarding the downloading and storage of body-worn camera data, such as specifically stating the length of time that recorded data is to be stored, when establishing policies and procedures for the implementation and operation of a body-worn camera system, as specified. This bill would require, on or before July 1, 2027, each law enforcement agency that has a body-worn camera policy to update that policy to include a procedure for emergency service personnel to request the redaction of evidentiary and nonevidentiary recordings of a patient undergoing medical or psychological evaluation, procedure, or treatment by emergency service personnel, and to maintain an unredacted copy of the recording consistent with the policies and procedures of the agency.

Last Amend: 5/26/2026

Location: 8/31/2026-S. ENROLLED

SB 937

Senator Gonzalez

Law enforcement: flashbang grenades and explosive breaching charges

Existing law prohibits the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards. Existing law requires kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents only to be deployed by a peace officer that has received proper training for crowd control, as specified, or to bring an objectively dangerous and unlawful situation safely and effectively under control and only in accordance with certain requirements, including that de-escalation techniques have been attempted and have failed, kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents are not aimed at the head, neck, or any other vital organs, and, if the chemical agent to be deployed is tear gas, only a commanding officer at the scene of the assembly, protest, or demonstration may authorize the use of tear gas. This bill would expand the above prohibition and exception to include flash-bang grenades, as defined. The bill would define law enforcement agency as any department or agency of the state or any local government, special district, or other political subdivision thereof, that employs any peace officer, as defined, or any federal law enforcement agency.

Last Amend: 8/20/2026

Location: 8/31/2026-S. ENROLLED

SB 938

Senator Menjivar

Peace officers: qualifications

Existing law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Existing law requires specified peace officers to successfully complete a training course prescribed by the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) before exercising the powers of a peace officer. Existing law requires the commission, for those instances where individuals have acquired prior comparable peace officer training, to adopt regulations providing for alternative means for satisfying the training required by a specified provision of law. Existing regulations provide a Basic Course Waiver to individuals with qualifying out-of-state or federal law enforcement experience whose law enforcement training, experience, and education are deemed by POST to demonstrate sufficient law enforcement knowledge, skill, and proficiency. This bill would provide that service as a sworn federal law enforcement officer whose primary duties consisted of any one or any combination of immigration inspection, border enforcement, or apprehension, detention, or removal of noncitizens under the federal immigration laws, and the training for that service, does not, standing alone, constitute qualifying training, experience, and education demonstrating sufficient law enforcement knowledge, skill, and proficiency for purposes of determining eligibility for a Regular Basic Course Waiver.

Last Amend: 8/20/2026

Location: 8/28/2026-S. ENROLLMENT

SB 1004

Senator Wiener

Law enforcement: masks

Existing law makes it a crime for a law enforcement officer to wear a facial covering in the performance of their duties, except as specified. Existing law defines law enforcement officer for these purposes as anyone designated by California law as a peace officer who is employed by a city, county, or other local agency, and any officer or agent of a federal law enforcement agency, agency or law enforcement agency of another state, or any person acting on behalf of a federal law enforcement agency. This bill would add peace officers employed by a state agency to the definition of law enforcement officers, thereby making those law enforcement officers subject to those criminal penalties. The bill would specify that facial coverings does not include certain items, including, among other things, sunglasses. The bill would, for all of the items excluded from the definition of facial coverings, limit that exclusion if the items are combined or otherwise used in a manner intended to conceal or obscure an officer’s identity.

Last Amend: 08/13/2026

Location: 8/27/2026-S. ENROLLMENT

SB 1105

Senator Perez

Law enforcement

Existing law defines those persons who are peace officers in the state, grants certain authority to those individuals and their employing entities, and places certain requirements on those individuals and their employing entities. Under existing law, federal criminal investigators and law enforcement officers are not California peace officers but are granted specified limited arrest authority in limited circumstances including when violations of state and local laws occur in their presence, when there is an immediate danger to persons or property, when detaining a person for evaluation or treatment who, due to a mental illness, is a danger to themselves or others, and when requested by a California law enforcement agency to be involved in a joint task force or criminal investigation. Existing law additionally grants peace officer status to federal employees who comply with certain training requirements, while they are engaged in enforcing state or local law on and adjacent to property owned or possessed by the United States Government, with the written consent of local law enforcement officials, as specified. This bill would remove certain arrest authority or peace officer status for federal criminal investigators, law enforcement officers, and federal employees, including for the purposes of executing a warrant for the arrest of a person. The bill would authorize deputized tribal law enforcement officers of the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs to exercise the powers of arrest, as specified, if, among other things, they are engaged in the enforcement of federal criminal law and they are exercising arrest powers that are incidental to the performance of those federal duties. The bill would also authorize certain federal employees of, among other agencies, the National Park Service and the Bureau of Land Management, if they are enforcing specified provisions of state law on property owned by the United States government, to exercise peace officer status with the written consent of the sheriff or the chief of police from the respective jurisdiction.

Last Amend: 8/20/2026

Location: 8/27/2026-S. ENROLLMENT

SB 1246

Senator Cortese

Autonomous vehicles

Existing law authorizes the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads for testing purposes by a driver who possesses the proper class of license for the type of vehicle operated if specified requirements are satisfied. Existing law prohibits the operation of an autonomous vehicle on public roads until the manufacturer submits an application to the Department of Motor Vehicles, as specified, and that application is approved. Existing law requires the department to adopt regulations setting forth requirements for the submission and approval of an application, including, among other things, any testing, equipment, and performance standards the department concludes are necessary to ensure the safe operation of autonomous vehicles on public roads, as specified. This bill would require remote drivers or local incident technicians, as defined, to be located within the United States and hold a valid driver’s license of a state or territory of the United States of the appropriate class with any endorsements required for a human driver to lawfully operate the same vehicle in this state. The bill would require an autonomous vehicle manufacturer to ensure, through its staffing and assignments, that local incident technicians are immediately dispatched upon notification, electronically or otherwise, of an accident involving damage to persons or property, or upon receiving a request from an emergency response official or 911 dispatch center. The bill would, in the event of a fleetwide emergency or system failure, require an autonomous vehicle manufacturer to immediately notify affected local jurisdictions, including emergency dispatch, of the location and status of their fleet and deploy local incident technicians, where appropriate, whenever affected vehicles cannot be remotely recovered and create a traffic hazard or impede emergency response.

Last Amend: 8/21/2026

Location: 8/31/2026-S. ENROLLMENT

The POST Monthly Report is a monthly status report that informs POST Commissioners and the California law enforcement community of recent progress on POST projects and instructional programs under development, and other information of importance to our mission to continually enhance the professionalism of California law enforcement.

To subscribe to email alerts for POST Monthly Report, please subscribe here.