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CaliforniaAB 1342025-2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Budget Act of 2025.
Sponsored By: Jesse Gabriel (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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10 provisions identified: 5 benefits, 0 costs, 5 mixed.
More mental health diversion funding
The State Department of State Hospitals can fund counties to expand pretrial diversion for people with certain serious mental disorders found incompetent to stand trial on felony charges. Funds can support quick postbooking assessments and limited in‑jail treatment averaging up to 15 days. Contracts require monthly confidential data reports, cannot replace existing services, and are exempt from some state contracting rules. Some expansions do not need local match. Funding depends on legislative appropriations.
College and reentry help in prisons
CDCR provides reading, GED, and diploma programs in every state prison. Accredited public or nonprofit colleges offer degree programs in prisons with no tuition or materials charged to students. Full‑time incarcerated students get the same privileges as full‑time work or training. The law also creates CARE grants to fund community groups that run reentry programs, with a steering committee that oversees awards and may receive limited per‑diem compensation.
Stronger prison oversight and transparency
The Inspector General now has broader, real‑time oversight of CDCR investigations, discipline, medical care inspections, and inmate grievances. The office must issue public reports, including on uses of force. Support papers for completed reviews must be kept for three years. Most Inspector General records are public, with narrow exemptions for ongoing reviews and confidential items.
Tougher checks on juvenile facilities
Judges must inspect, at least once a year, any place that held a juvenile for more than 24 hours. The state board must inspect at least every two years. If a facility is unsafe and fails to file an approved fix plan within 60 days, it cannot hold juveniles until re‑inspected and cleared. Reports and statewide data must be published.
Easier licensing for prison clinicians
CDCR can waive some license rules for mental health staff who are gaining hours toward a license while working in prisons. A waiver usually lasts up to four years, with limited extensions for special cases. Part‑time workers get proportionally longer limits. There are also one‑year allowances for out‑of‑state recruits tied to exam timing.
TB testing rules for prison staff
CDCR must set rules for tuberculosis screening and testing. Staff who mainly work inside prisons must complete baseline TB testing and submit a certificate within seven days. You cannot work in licensed areas until CDCR accepts the certificate. Annual screening is required, and testing can be more frequent after an exposure. CDCR must offer quick, no‑cost screening and protect your test privacy. Work‑related follow‑up care uses workers’ compensation; non‑work issues use your health insurance.
Prison industry boards stay in place
The law keeps the Prison Industry Authority, its Board, the Council for Interstate Adult Offender Supervision, and the Joint Venture Policy Advisory Board inside CDCR. Their powers and duties remain the same unless the law says otherwise. This preserves the current structure.
Several corrections statutes repealed
The law repeals Penal Code sections 1233.9, 1233.10, 6140, and 6141. These provisions are removed from state law. People or agencies covered by those sections now follow the updated legal baseline.
Tribal pilot rules, oversight, funding
Participating tribes must pass laws for public records access like California’s, adopt Government Claims Act‑like procedures, and make a limited sovereign‑immunity waiver for pilot actions. Tribes must carry liability insurance, accept Attorney General and POST oversight, and send reports and data when requested. The Attorney General and POST can suspend or remove a tribe for gross misconduct or repeated rule violations; a tribe may also choose to exit, but some rules still apply for years after. The State’s sovereign immunity does not cover pilot‑related acts. The law creates a Tribal Police Pilot Fund and gives the Department of Justice $5 million for 2025–26 to run the pilot, available until June 30, 2030.
Tribal police pilot officer authority
Beginning July 1, 2026, up to three selected tribes can enroll in a pilot that treats certain tribal officers and chiefs as California peace officers. Officers must follow the same California laws as local police, complete a 12‑month probation, and get a POST basic certificate within 24 months; chiefs must get the certificate within two years. Citations from these officers go to the county’s superior court and district attorney, and related criminal charges are handled in California state courts. This peace‑officer authority ends July 1, 2029. The pilot runs only with state funding.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Jesse Gabriel
Democratic • House
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 6/27/2025
Item 1000 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 72 • No: 1
Senate vote • 6/27/2025
Item 90 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 29 • No: 9
legislature vote • 6/25/2025
Vote in CS62
Yes: 13 • No: 4
House vote • 3/20/2025
Item 64 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 53 • No: 17
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 10, Statutes of 2025.
6/27/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
6/27/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
6/27/2025legislatureAssembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 2329.)
6/27/2025HouseIn Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
6/27/2025HouseSenate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 1. Page 2336.).
6/27/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1806.).
6/27/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
6/26/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (June 25).
6/25/2025SenateFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on B. & F. R.
6/24/2025SenateReferred to Com. on B. & F. R.
4/2/2025SenateIn Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
3/20/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 730.)
3/20/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
3/18/2025House(Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 643.)
3/17/2025HouseOrdered to second reading.
3/17/2025HouseWithdrawn from committee.
3/17/2025HouseReferred to Com. on BUDGET.
2/3/2025HouseFrom printer. May be heard in committee February 8.
1/9/2025HouseRead first time. To print.
1/8/2025House
Bill Text
Chaptered
6/27/2025
Enrolled
6/27/2025
Amended Senate
6/24/2025
Introduced
1/8/2025