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Yes: 123 • No: 41
CaliforniaSB 2812025-2026 Regular SessionSenate
Pleas: immigration advisement.
Sponsored By: Sasha Renée Pérez (Democratic)
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
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2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.
Courts must warn noncitizens before pleas
The law requires judges to read a specific warning on the record before accepting a guilty or no contest plea to any crime (not an infraction). The warning says a conviction may cause deportation, refusal of admission to the U.S., or denial of naturalization. The court must use the exact words and give the warning before the plea is accepted. If you ask, the court gives you more time to think about your plea after the warning. For pleas taken after January 1, 1978, if the warning was not given and you show the conviction may have immigration consequences, the court must undo the judgment and let you withdraw the plea and plead not guilty. If there is no record of the warning, the court presumes it was not given. You do not have to tell the court your immigration status when entering a plea.
No automatic relief for pre-1978, pre-2026 pleas
If your plea was taken before January 1, 1978, the law does not automatically undo the conviction because the court failed to give the warning. Judges can still grant relief under other laws at their discretion. If your plea was taken before January 1, 2026, not using the exact warning words does not by itself require the court to vacate the judgment or let you withdraw the plea. Courts keep their usual discretion for these older pleas.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Sasha Renée Pérez
Democratic • Senate
Cosponsors
Anna Caballero
Democratic • Senate
Jesse Gabriel
Democratic • House
Robert Garcia
Democratic • House
José Luis Solache
Democratic • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 9/3/2025
Item 42 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 30 • No: 10
House vote • 8/28/2025
Item 23 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 53 • No: 18
legislature vote • 6/17/2025
Vote in CX18
Yes: 7 • No: 2
Senate vote • 5/28/2025
Item 21 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 28 • No: 10
legislature vote • 3/25/2025
Vote in CS72
Yes: 5 • No: 1
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 666, Statutes of 2025.
10/12/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
10/12/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
9/9/2025legislatureAssembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2424.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
9/3/2025SenateIn Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
8/28/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 2764.) Ordered to the Senate.
8/28/2025HouseOrdered to third reading.
7/15/2025HouseRead third time and amended.
7/15/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
6/18/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 17).
6/17/2025HouseReferred to Com. on PUB. S.
6/5/2025HouseIn Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
5/28/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1291.) Ordered to the Assembly.
5/28/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
3/26/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 533.) (March 25).
3/25/2025SenateSet for hearing March 25.
3/7/2025SenateReferred to Com. on PUB. S.
2/14/2025SenateFrom printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.
2/6/2025SenateIntroduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
2/5/2025Senate
Bill Text
Chaptered
10/12/2025
Enrolled
9/5/2025
Amended Assembly
7/15/2025
Introduced
2/5/2025