POST Monthly Report

March 2026

Keeping you up to date on POST projects

Crisis Management and Command Conference

Crisis Management Conference — POST Commissioner, Rick Braziel kicks off the 2026 Crisis Management and Command Conference.

On February 24-25, 2026, the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), in collaboration with the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), hosted its first Crisis Management and Command Conference in Sonoma, CA. This landmark event brought together law enforcement leaders, emergency managers, and public safety professionals from across California to strengthen preparedness and response during critical incidents.

With over two days of discussions and real-world case studies, participants explored lessons learned from past critical incidents, including natural disasters, active shooter events, and large-scale emergencies, and shared strategies to strengthen command decision-making, coordination, and collaboration.

This conference represents a significant step forward in California’s commitment to public safety, recognizing that the most effective crisis response is built on shared knowledge, trusted partnerships, and continuous learning.

Together, POST and Cal OES are setting a new standard for crisis management and command, better preparing leaders to protect lives, safeguard communities, and respond decisively when it matters most.

For any questions about the conference, please contact Steve Fisher, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Management Counseling and Projects Bureau, at (916) 970-4630.

Disciplinary Guidelines – Now Available

On December 3, 2026, the Commission voted to adopt Commission Regulation 1216 and incorporate by reference the Disciplinary Guidelines: Factors for Consideration of Penalty Related to Peace Officer Certification Actions. This rulemaking became effective on February 17, 2026.

This is the culmination of two and a half years of collaboration between staff and the Commission. Commission Regulation 1216 and the incorporated disciplinary guidelines are intended to be used by the Peace Officer Standards Accountability Advisory Board, the Commission, and the administrative law judges of the Office of Administrative Hearings when it is determined by clear and convincing evidence a peace officer has engaged in serious misconduct, as defined by Penal Code section 13510.8 and Commission Regulation 1205.

The purpose of this rulemaking action is to establish consistent guidelines for considering whether an act, or acts, of serious misconduct would warrant suspension or revocation of a subject peace officer’s certification.

The Disciplinary Guidelines: Factors for Consideration of Penalty Related to Peace Officer Certification Actions (pdf) can be found on the POST Website.

Any questions regarding the guidelines may be directed to Michelle Weiler, Bureau Chief of the Certification Bureau, at (916) 227-4870.

Scenario Management Course

On February 24-27, 2026, the Basic Training Bureau hosted a 24-hour Scenario Management Course in West Sacramento, CA. This course is required for basic academy scenario managers, prior to their management of scenario testing.

In attendance were 29 attendees representing 16 basic academies from throughout the state. During the course, attendees received instruction regarding scenario competencies, test development, testing, remedial training requirements, and scenario test security protocols.

Questions regarding the Scenario Management Course may be directed to Anita Finner, Supervisor I (Specialist) with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-3901.

California Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association Annual Conference Presentation

Jamila Fields presents at the CALNENA Conference in Los Angeles.

On March 2-4, 2026, representatives from the Management Counseling and Projects Bureau and the Basic Training Bureau attended the California Chapter of the National Emergency Number Association (CALNENA) annual conference in Los Angeles, which hosted over 550 emergency communications professionals from across the state. During the conference, POST representatives facilitated a presentation that covered updates to the Public Safety Dispatchers’ Basic Course, the Communications Training Officer (CTO) Program guidelines, and the Public Safety Dispatch Advisory Council, while also highlighting POST resources such as Management Studies and the upcoming Wellness Conference. This session served as a valuable platform for staff to address dispatch-related inquiries and further strengthen collaboration among California’s public safety communications community.

For questions regarding the presentation, please contact Jamila Fields, Supervisor I (Specialist) with the Management Counseling and Projects Bureau, at (916) 227-5562, or Michelle Daubner, Supervisor I (Specialist) with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4827.

Intermediate Instructor Development Course Presentation

On March 3-6, 2026, POST staff attended South Bay Regional Public Safety Training Consortium’s presentation of the Intermediate Instructor Development course in San Jose, CA.

This course is designed to introduce students to curriculum design and further develop their presentation and facilitation skills. The course also assists students with incorporating critical thinking into course design, group dynamics and classroom processes, and creates the scaffolding for an eight-hour course of instruction. The culmination of the course is a learning activity in which students present a comprehensive executive level proposal for their new law enforcement course.

Enhance the student’s skills as a curriculum designer
Demonstrate effective intermediate presentation and facilitation skills
Explore incorporating critical thinking into course design
Identify group dynamics and effective management
Create the scaffolding for an eight-hour course of instruction
Present an executive-level course proposal

This is an excellent course for those instructors who have some experience in facilitation and want to achieve the next level as law enforcement instructors. For future course dates, please refer to the POST Course Catalog. For questions regarding the course, please contact William Baldwin, Law Enforcement Consultant with the Training Program and Services Bureau, at (916) 227-4263.

Re-Established Public Safety Dispatch Advisory Council

On March 11, 2026, POST convened members of the re-established Public Safety Dispatch Advisory Council (PSDAC) for their first meeting. The council provides a forum for dispatch professionals and partner organizations to share perspectives and provide guidance on statewide dispatcher training, standards, and system needs.

Topics discussed during the meeting included the council’s purpose, upcoming POST dispatch projects and training initiatives, and opportunities to share regional insights.

The PSDAC will meet quarterly to support ongoing communication between POST and the dispatch community, helping ensure that dispatcher training, standards, and resources continue to evolve in support of California’s public safety communications professionals.

For questions regarding the PSDAC, please contact Jamila Fields, Supervisor I (Specialist) with the Management Counseling and Projects Bureau, at (916) 227-5562, or Michelle Daubner, Supervisor I (Specialist) with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4827.

Background Investigations Update Course Presentation

Calaveras Sheriff — Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office

In March 2026, Training Delivery and Compliance Bureau staff presented two sessions of the Background Investigations Update Course at Ceres Police Department and the Calaveras County Sheriff's Office. This course is designed to provide background investigators with an update on completing backgrounds within POST guidelines and provide discussions on common errors. About 40 students from throughout the state attended the four-hour presentation.

For questions relating to the course or if you would like to host the course at your agency, please contact your Regional Consultant.

Recent Basic Course Certification Reviews

Sheriff Academy — Members of the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Academy Class 242 depart on a class run accompanied by recruit training officers Zachary Bloom and Samuel Rule (in the red shirts on the right).

Probation Training — Students at the San Bernardino County Probation Department take the Firearms Exam.

Within the last month, the BTB completed Basic Course Certification Reviews (BCCR) at two academies: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Regular Basic Course (February 23-27, 2026) and San Bernardino County Probation Department PC 832 Firearms Course (March 10-12, 2026).

The BCCR is an in-depth review of Basic Course presenters and the certification of their courses to promote the quality, integrity, and safety of entry-level peace officer training in California. POST ensures all certified Basic Course presenters comply with Penal and Government Codes related to POST, Commission Regulations, Commission Procedures, and the Training and Testing Specifications.

For questions regarding the BCCR process, please contact Bill Lewis, Supervisor I (Specialist) with the Basic Training Bureau, at (916) 227-4856.

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.

Adopt Disciplinary Guidelines for Factors for Consideration of Penalty Related to Peace Officer Certification Actions
Commission Regulation 1216
Noticed June 20, 2025
Approved February 17, 2026
Effective February 17, 2026
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)
Adopt Learning Domain 44: Active Shooter
Commission Regulations 1005, 1007, 1008, and 1059
Noticed August 29, 2025
Approved December 4, 2025
Effective April 1, 2026
OAL Notice of Approval and Approved Text (pdf)
Amend Training and Testing Specifications for Peace Officer Basic Courses - Instructor's Guide to Learning Activities
Commission Regulations 1005, 1007, 1008, and 1059
Noticed May 16, 2025
Approved February 6, 2026
Effective April 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 following is a list of bills POST is monitoring 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 4/6/2026)

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

Bill # and Author	Title and Summary	Status of Bill
AB 1537 Assembly Member Bryan	Peace officers: secondary employment Current 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. Current 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 a peace officer from being employed by, or being an independent contractor of or volunteer for, the United States Department of Homeland Security or its contractors or any other entity that assists with or engages in immigration enforcement. The bill would provide that failure to comply with this provision constitutes, for certain purposes, an act of dishonesty and that it is grounds for decertification as a peace officer. The bill would require a peace officer to report to their employing law enforcement agency any secondary employment relating to immigration enforcement.	Introduced: 1/5/2026 Location: 3/4/2026-A. APPR.
AB 1544 Assembly Member Krell	Court proceedings: media access Current law authorizes specified peace officers to close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or other command post or to establish a police line or rolling closure at a demonstration, march, protest, or rally, as specified. Current law exempts a duly authorized representative of any news service, online news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from the provisions prohibiting entry into the closed areas mentioned above. This bill would bar a judicial officer, peace officer, or other law enforcement officer from prohibiting a duly authorized representative of a news service, online news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from accessing court proceedings that are open to the public.	Last Amend: 3/17/2026 Location: 3/19/2026-A. JUD.
AB 1586 Assembly Member Ramos	Opioid overdose reversal medication: school resource officers Current 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, would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school to ensure that (A) each school resource officer, as defined, while on duty at a school campus or school-sponsored activity, carries an opioid antagonist to provide emergency treatment to persons who are suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose and (B) each school resource officer, upon assignment to a schoolsite, and at least every 2 years thereafter, completes an opioid overdose recognition and response training, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would prohibit a school resource officer who administers an opioid antagonist while assigned to a schoolsite, and their employing or contracting entity, from being held liable in a civil action or being subject to criminal prosecution for the school resource officer’s acts or omissions, unless those acts or omissions constitute gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct, as provided.	Last Amend: 3/23/2026 Location: 3/18/2026-A. APPR.
AB 1589 Assembly Member Chen	Firearms: silencers Current law makes it a felony for any person, firm, or corporation to possess a silencer within this state. Current law exempts specified actions from those provisions, including the possession of silencers by specified peace officers employed by specified law enforcement agencies or by military or naval forces, when on duty and when the use of silencers is authorized by the agency and is within the course and scope of their duties. This bill would further exempt from the prohibition on possessing silencers specified level I reserve peace officers.	Introduced: 1/15/2026 Location: 3/5/2026-A. THIRD READING
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.	Introduced: 1/21/2026 Location: 3/4/2026-A. APPR.
AB 1627 Assembly Member Avila Farias	Public employment: disqualifications Current 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 would disqualify a person from being a peace officer if they were employed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement between September 1, 2025, and January 20, 2029, or the Alabama Department of Corrections or the Georgia Department of Corrections between January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2026.	Introduced: 1/26/2026 Status: 3/26/2026-A. PUB. S.
AB 1753 Assembly Member Stefani	Protective orders: firearms and ammunition Current 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, current 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, current law requires the restrained person to relinquish any firearm and ammunition in that person’s immediate possession or control, according to specified procedures. Current 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 would additionally apply the prehearing firearm search and recordkeeping requirements described above to civil harassment restraining orders, workplace violence restraining orders, postsecondary school restraining orders, and elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders.	Last Amend: 3/24/2026 Status:2/23/2026-A. PUB. S.
AB 1814 Assembly Member Alanis	Peace officer training: driving under the influence Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, in consultation with specified subject matter experts, to develop guidelines and a course of instruction and training for law enforcement officers, including, but not limited to, hate crimes, elder and dependent abuse, and stalking. This bill would require peace officers assigned primarily to traffic enforcement to complete a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)-approved standard field sobriety testing course of a minimum of 16 hours within one year of their assignment and, if an officer leaves employment with a law enforcement agency and does not become employed by a law enforcement agency within 2 years of their departure date, would require the officer to complete any of several specified commission-certified training courses, including a NHTSA refresher course if they are assigned to traffic enforcement. Because this bill would require additional training for local peace officers, it would impose a state-mandated local program.	Last Amend: 3/25/2026 Status: 3/16/2026-A. PUB. S.
AB 1896 Assembly Member Gonzalez	Public employment: disqualifications Current law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Current 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 would disqualify a person from being a peace officer if 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.	Introduced: 2/12/2026 Status: 3/23/2026-A. P.E. & R.
AB 2347 Assembly Member Ahrens	Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: hate crime training and guidelines. Current law defines a “hate crime” as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), in consultation with specified subject-matter experts, to develop guidelines and a course of instruction and training for law enforcement officers addressing hate crimes. Beginning January 1, 2027, this bill would require POST to conduct a comprehensive review of existing hate crimes training programs, as specified. The bill would require the review to be completed by January 1, 2028. The bill would require POST to, by July 1, 2028, adopt evidence-based training requirements to address the gaps identified in the review regarding the prevention, identification, and investigation of hate crimes.	Introduced: 2/19/2026 Status: 3/9/2026-A. PUB. S.
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: 3/16/2026 Status: 3/17/2026-Re-referred to Com. on E.M.
AB 2582 Assembly Member Schultz	Crimes: prostitution Under existing law, an individual who solicits, or who agrees to engage in, or who engages in, any act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. This bill would require a person who commits prostitution with intent to receive compensation, money, or anything of value from another person to, for a first or 2nd violation of those provisions, be offered a diversion program pursuant to specified provisions. By imposing new duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.	Introduced: 2/20/2026 Status: 3/25/2026-A. APPR.
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 peace officers on commercial sexual exploitation of children and victims of human trafficking that includes, but is not limited to, certain topics and activities. This bill would require each law enforcement agency with more than 25 peace officers to designate a 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 and, upon completion of the course, serve as a liaison between trusted community-based organizations and victims. The bill would require each law enforcement agency to, by July 1, 2028, display specified information on their internet website, including the contact information of the human trafficking victim support coordinator.	Last Amend: 3/16/2026 Status: 3/17/2026-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
SB 691 Senator Wahab	Body-worn cameras: policies Current 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.	Introduced: 2/21/2025 Last Amend: 1/5/2026 Location: 1/27/2026-A. DESK
SB 937 Senator Gonzalez	Law enforcement: flashbang grenades and explosive breaching charges Current 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. This bill would prohibit the use of flashbang grenades, as defined, by any peace officer to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards. The bill would define peace officer as any officer of a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency, or any person acting on behalf of a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency.	Last Amend: 3/10/2026 Status: 3/24/2026-S. APPR.
SB 1004 Senator Wiener	Law enforcement: masks Current law makes it a crime for a law enforcement officer to wear a facial covering in the performance of their duties, except as specified. Current 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.	Introduced: 2/9/2026 Status: 3/27/2026-Set for hearing April 14.
SB 1105 Senator Perez	Law enforcement. Current 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 current 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. Current 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 this arrest authority or peace officer status for federal criminal investigators, law enforcement officers, and federal employees. The bill would also prohibit a California law enforcement agency, as defined, from participating in a joint law enforcement task force or interagency agreement, if, among other things, their assistance includes racial or identity profiling, as specified. The bill would require a California law enforcement agency, if it enters into an interagency agreement, to comply with certain provisions, including seeking authorization from the Attorney General.	Last Amend: 3/16/2026 Status: 3/24/2026-Set for hearing April 7.

Bill # and Author

Title and Summary

Status of Bill

AB 1537

Assembly Member Bryan

Peace officers: secondary employment

Current 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. Current 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 a peace officer from being employed by, or being an independent contractor of or volunteer for, the United States Department of Homeland Security or its contractors or any other entity that assists with or engages in immigration enforcement. The bill would provide that failure to comply with this provision constitutes, for certain purposes, an act of dishonesty and that it is grounds for decertification as a peace officer. The bill would require a peace officer to report to their employing law enforcement agency any secondary employment relating to immigration enforcement.

Introduced: 1/5/2026

Location: 3/4/2026-A. APPR.

AB 1544

Assembly Member Krell

Court proceedings: media access

Current law authorizes specified peace officers to close the immediate area surrounding any emergency field command post or other command post or to establish a police line or rolling closure at a demonstration, march, protest, or rally, as specified. Current law exempts a duly authorized representative of any news service, online news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from the provisions prohibiting entry into the closed areas mentioned above. This bill would bar a judicial officer, peace officer, or other law enforcement officer from prohibiting a duly authorized representative of a news service, online news service, newspaper, or radio or television station or network from accessing court proceedings that are open to the public.

Last Amend: 3/17/2026

Location: 3/19/2026-A. JUD.

AB 1586

Assembly Member Ramos

Opioid overdose reversal medication: school resource officers

Current 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, would require a school district, county office of education, or charter school to ensure that (A) each school resource officer, as defined, while on duty at a school campus or school-sponsored activity, carries an opioid antagonist to provide emergency treatment to persons who are suffering, or reasonably believed to be suffering, from an opioid overdose and (B) each school resource officer, upon assignment to a schoolsite, and at least every 2 years thereafter, completes an opioid overdose recognition and response training, as specified. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would prohibit a school resource officer who administers an opioid antagonist while assigned to a schoolsite, and their employing or contracting entity, from being held liable in a civil action or being subject to criminal prosecution for the school resource officer’s acts or omissions, unless those acts or omissions constitute gross negligence or willful and wanton misconduct, as provided.

Last Amend: 3/23/2026

Location: 3/18/2026-A. APPR.

AB 1589

Assembly Member Chen

Firearms: silencers

Current law makes it a felony for any person, firm, or corporation to possess a silencer within this state. Current law exempts specified actions from those provisions, including the possession of silencers by specified peace officers employed by specified law enforcement agencies or by military or naval forces, when on duty and when the use of silencers is authorized by the agency and is within the course and scope of their duties. This bill would further exempt from the prohibition on possessing silencers specified level I reserve peace officers.

Introduced: 1/15/2026

Location: 3/5/2026-A. THIRD READING

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.

Introduced: 1/21/2026

Location: 3/4/2026-A. APPR.

AB 1627

Assembly Member Avila Farias

Public employment: disqualifications

Current 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 would disqualify a person from being a peace officer if they were employed by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement between September 1, 2025, and January 20, 2029, or the Alabama Department of Corrections or the Georgia Department of Corrections between January 1, 2020, and January 1, 2026.

Introduced: 1/26/2026

Status: 3/26/2026-A. PUB. S.

AB 1753

Assembly Member Stefani

Protective orders: firearms and ammunition

Current 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, current 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, current law requires the restrained person to relinquish any firearm and ammunition in that person’s immediate possession or control, according to specified procedures. Current 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 would additionally apply the prehearing firearm search and recordkeeping requirements described above to civil harassment restraining orders, workplace violence restraining orders, postsecondary school restraining orders, and elder or dependent adult abuse restraining orders.

Last Amend: 3/24/2026

Status:2/23/2026-A. PUB. S.

AB 1814

Assembly Member Alanis

Peace officer training: driving under the influence

Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, in consultation with specified subject matter experts, to develop guidelines and a course of instruction and training for law enforcement officers, including, but not limited to, hate crimes, elder and dependent abuse, and stalking. This bill would require peace officers assigned primarily to traffic enforcement to complete a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA)-approved standard field sobriety testing course of a minimum of 16 hours within one year of their assignment and, if an officer leaves employment with a law enforcement agency and does not become employed by a law enforcement agency within 2 years of their departure date, would require the officer to complete any of several specified commission-certified training courses, including a NHTSA refresher course if they are assigned to traffic enforcement. Because this bill would require additional training for local peace officers, it would impose a state-mandated local program.

Last Amend: 3/25/2026

Status: 3/16/2026-A. PUB. S.

AB 1896

Assembly Member Gonzalez

Public employment: disqualifications

Current law contains numerous provisions governing the qualifications, standards, and training of peace officers. Current 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 would disqualify a person from being a peace officer if 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.

Introduced: 2/12/2026

Status: 3/23/2026-A. P.E. & R.

AB 2347

Assembly Member Ahrens

Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training: hate crime training and guidelines.

Current law defines a “hate crime” as a criminal act committed, in whole or in part, because of actual or perceived characteristics of the victim, including, among other things, race, religion, disability, and sexual orientation. Current law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST), in consultation with specified subject-matter experts, to develop guidelines and a course of instruction and training for law enforcement officers addressing hate crimes. Beginning January 1, 2027, this bill would require POST to conduct a comprehensive review of existing hate crimes training programs, as specified. The bill would require the review to be completed by January 1, 2028. The bill would require POST to, by July 1, 2028, adopt evidence-based training requirements to address the gaps identified in the review regarding the prevention, identification, and investigation of hate crimes.

Introduced: 2/19/2026

Status: 3/9/2026-A. PUB. S.

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: 3/16/2026

Status: 3/17/2026-Re-referred to Com. on E.M.

AB 2582

Assembly Member Schultz

Crimes: prostitution

Under existing law, an individual who solicits, or who agrees to engage in, or who engages in, any act of prostitution is guilty of disorderly conduct, a misdemeanor. This bill would require a person who commits prostitution with intent to receive compensation, money, or anything of value from another person to, for a first or 2nd violation of those provisions, be offered a diversion program pursuant to specified provisions. By imposing new duties on local officials, the bill would create a state-mandated local program. This bill contains other related provisions and other existing laws.

Introduced: 2/20/2026

Status: 3/25/2026-A. APPR.

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 peace officers on commercial sexual exploitation of children and victims of human trafficking that includes, but is not limited to, certain topics and activities. This bill would require each law enforcement agency with more than 25 peace officers to designate a 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 and, upon completion of the course, serve as a liaison between trusted community-based organizations and victims. The bill would require each law enforcement agency to, by July 1, 2028, display specified information on their internet website, including the contact information of the human trafficking victim support coordinator.

Last Amend: 3/16/2026

Status: 3/17/2026-Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

SB 691

Senator Wahab

Body-worn cameras: policies

Current 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.

Introduced: 2/21/2025

Last Amend: 1/5/2026

Location: 1/27/2026-A. DESK

SB 937

Senator Gonzalez

Law enforcement: flashbang grenades and explosive breaching charges

Current 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. This bill would prohibit the use of flashbang grenades, as defined, by any peace officer to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards. The bill would define peace officer as any officer of a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency, or any person acting on behalf of a local, state, or federal law enforcement agency.

Last Amend: 3/10/2026

Status: 3/24/2026-S. APPR.

SB 1004

Senator Wiener

Law enforcement: masks

Current law makes it a crime for a law enforcement officer to wear a facial covering in the performance of their duties, except as specified. Current 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.

Introduced: 2/9/2026

Status: 3/27/2026-Set for hearing April 14.

SB 1105

Senator Perez

Law enforcement.

Current 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 current 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. Current 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 this arrest authority or peace officer status for federal criminal investigators, law enforcement officers, and federal employees. The bill would also prohibit a California law enforcement agency, as defined, from participating in a joint law enforcement task force or interagency agreement, if, among other things, their assistance includes racial or identity profiling, as specified. The bill would require a California law enforcement agency, if it enters into an interagency agreement, to comply with certain provisions, including seeking authorization from the Attorney General.

Last Amend: 3/16/2026

Status: 3/24/2026-Set for hearing April 7.

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