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CaliforniaSB 8572025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET
Public safety omnibus.
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Signed by Governor
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Bans and limits on restraint and seclusion
Facilities cannot use holds that block breathing or cover a person’s face. In many licensed settings, physical restraint is limited to 15 straight minutes unless a rule allows a safer limit. Prone holds need careful limits and monitoring. State developmental centers may not use seclusion at all.
New corrections structure and leaders
The law creates the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation under a Governor‑appointed secretary with Senate confirmation. It includes adult operations and programs, health care services, juvenile justice, parole and juvenile boards, a juvenile justice commission, and the correctional training and rehabilitation authority and its board. The Governor may appoint three undersecretaries over administration, health care services, and operations. The Governor also appoints chiefs for Victim Services and Correctional Safety.
Tighter rules on police force
Police may use deadly force only when it is reasonably needed against an imminent threat of death or serious injury, or to stop a fleeing felon likely to cause such harm. Agencies must keep use‑of‑force policies with de‑escalation, duty to intercede, bystander safety, and prompt medical aid. The law tightly restricts kinetic projectiles and chemical agents at protests and requires training, warnings when reasonable, and careful targeting. Tear gas needs on‑scene approval from a commanding officer.
Mental health diversion: credits and outcomes
If you finish diversion successfully, the court dismisses the original charges. If diversion is denied, the court must pick next steps: treatment changes, assisted outpatient treatment with a hearing in 45 days, a conservatorship petition in 30 days or release, a CARE hearing in 14 court days, or dismissal. Time in custody counts extra toward treatment: four days of credit for every two days actually in custody. If not in custody and charges were not dismissed, you get day‑for‑day credit from when you start treatment.
Easier sealing of juvenile records
When a person finishes supervision or probation successfully, the court dismisses petitions and orders sealing of records held by the court, police, probation, and DOJ. Probation must petition to seal records at age 18 (or within a year after jurisdiction ends) for most cases and give 30 days’ notice before filing. Sealed Section 601 records are destroyed five years after sealing. Sealed Section 602 records are destroyed at age 38, except for certain serious offenses. If a sealed record caused a firearm ban until age 30, it is destroyed at age 33.
24/7 hotline and mobile teams for foster families
A statewide, 24/7 hotline now helps caregivers and current or former foster youth during crises. The hotline gives de‑escalation help and connects callers to county mobile response teams by a warm handoff. Counties must run 24/7 mobile teams that aim to arrive within about one hour for urgent needs (no more than three hours) and the same day for nonurgent needs, with follow‑up for up to 72 hours. Counties must submit one coordinated plan and use trained, trauma‑informed staff, with outreach materials and worker training set by the department. Counties that already met the standards could start earlier by notifying the state.
More covered psychiatric care for minors
Qualified psychiatric residential treatment facilities for people under 21 may take Medicaid and Medicare if licensed and federally certified. This can expand covered inpatient options and lower family costs. The law also protects access to Title IV‑E foster care aid and Medicaid EPSDT services when the Family Urgent Response System is used.
More support in intensive foster care programs
Intensive Treatment/Services Foster Care agencies must contract with counties and provide 24/7 emergency response, mental health coverage, and a county‑approved service plan within one month. ITFC case managers are limited to an average of 8 children. Each certified family home gets a trained support counselor; staff complete 40 hours before placement and 20 hours in the first year. ITFC foster parents complete 40 hours before placement, 32 hours in the first 12 months, and 12 hours each year after; two‑parent and waiver options apply. ITFC and ISFC agencies must keep a 24‑hour on‑call administrator and provide or arrange core services and qualified staffing.
Safer care: limits on restraints
The law protects people in state hospitals and DDS facilities from being secluded or restrained as punishment. Staff must use the least restrictive methods, keep movement as free as possible, and watch anyone both secluded and restrained face‑to‑face at all times. Facilities must assess each person’s triggers, calming methods, medical risks, and de‑escalation wishes on admission. Agencies must train staff on trauma‑informed de‑escalation and build programs to reduce restraint use. Deaths, serious injuries, and monthly restraint and emergency drug use must be reported, and statewide data must be posted online.
Safer psychiatric residential care for youth
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities (PRTFs) for minors must be accredited and meet clear care and safety rules. Each patient gets a care plan within 72 hours, updated at least every 10 days, with discharge and after‑care planning. Facilities must offer seven‑day therapeutic programming, at least one hour of outdoor exercise daily, at least 50% single rooms, family support space, and coordination with mental health teams within three business days. Rules protect patient rights and set limits on restraints and seclusion. Each PRTF must report key data to the state every year by July 1.
Stronger health rights for foster youth
Foster youth can access medical, dental, vision, mental health, substance use, and reproductive care, including covered gender‑affirming care. They can get their medical records for free until age 26, where they had the right to consent. Psychotropic drugs need a doctor’s prescription and a judge’s OK, except in emergencies, and the child has a lawyer and can ask to change orders. Foster youth age 12+ can choose providers when payment is authorized and can seek a second opinion before invasive care.
Stronger oversight for youth treatment programs
The state licenses short‑term residential therapeutic programs and requires them to meet both group home rules and added STRTP standards. Agencies cannot publish PRTF data that could identify a patient. It is a misdemeanor to falsely claim you are a certified administrator or facility manager.
Stronger rights and privacy for foster youth
Children in foster care have clear rights to a safe, healthy home, privacy, visits, and freedom from abuse and discrimination. Foster youth can get age‑appropriate reproductive health information. At any age they can consent to contraception, pregnancy care, and abortion. At age 12 or older they can consent to STD/HIV care and mental health care. Their medical and mental health records, including HIV, substance use history, and sexual and reproductive care, are kept confidential.
Stronger standards for children’s treatment homes
Short‑term residential therapeutic programs (STRTPs) must keep a written operations plan with trauma‑informed care and nursing availability, and involve families in care and aftercare for at least six months. Programs must earn national accreditation within 24 months of licensure and get mental health program approval and Medi‑Cal certification within 12 months. The department sets education and training rules for STRTP staff. County‑licensed STRTPs must include a conflict‑of‑interest plan, and new applicants must include a county letter of support or the review stops. The department also keeps a registry of administrator certificate holders with employment status and criminal clearances.
Construction trades training before release
The prisons department runs a prerelease construction trades certificate program. A committee sets rules to link training to on‑the‑job experience and apprenticeship credit. The goal is to help people get into apprenticeships and jobs after release.
Safer, better-run nonpublic special ed schools
Staff who work with students must hold public‑school‑level credentials, and administrators must meet set credential rules. New hires are trained within 30 days, and all staff are trained every year in evidence‑based practices. Schools must report to the state and district within one business day when police are called to a pupil‑involved incident. The state sets firm certification timelines and onsite reviews at least every three years. Starting July 1, 2024, schools that serve foster children must act as the child’s school of origin and allow the child to keep attending.
School mental health referrals and training funds
School districts that serve grades 7–12 must adopt a policy on how to refer students for behavioral health by January 31, 2026. The Legislature sets aside intent for $35 million in 2025–26 for per‑pupil payments to districts for required youth behavioral health training, if funded in the Budget Act. The state can award grants to grow the child and youth behavioral health workforce, including at schools. The law also creates a supervised “behavioral health coach” role to support children and link them to higher levels of care.
Stronger school and money rights for foster youth
Foster youth can stay in their school of origin, enroll right away after a move, and get partial credit for completed work. They get priority for preschool, after‑school programs, CSU campuses, and community colleges. Youth can keep a bank account, manage earnings as appropriate, and work to build job skills. Ages 14–17 receive a free annual credit report from all three bureaus and help fixing errors.
Crackdown on AI child sex images
It is a crime to create, have, or share AI‑generated or digitally altered sexual images that depict or appear to depict a person under 18. Some crimes can be felonies. Certain distribution offenses can bring two, three, or six years in prison and fines up to $100,000.
Data access for felony probes, reentry
EDD may share specified records with designated officers during felony investigations when there is reasonable suspicion and the data could lead to evidence. Requests are limited by federal law, must be reported internally, and cannot be bulk lists. CDCR can receive quarterly wage and unemployment claim data for former inmates for 1, 3, and 5 years after release to assess jobs and earnings and improve reentry services.
Faster, fairer postconviction process
By March 1, 2025, each county court must meet with local partners to plan fair and efficient postconviction work. Courts must consider appointing counsel, state reasons on the record, advise on appeals, allow waivers and remote appearances, and hear from victims with notice rules. Starting January 1, 2026, CDCR must provide secure electronic records within 45 days unless extended, and follow court review steps for redactions. CDCR must name a point of contact for each prison and keep a public directory.
Grants for community crisis response
The C.R.I.S.E.S. Grant Pilot Program funds community‑based alternatives to law enforcement, if money is provided in the 2021 Budget Act. Each grantee gets at least $250,000 per year. Grantees must pass through at least 90% of funds to qualifying community groups and can use up to 10% for administration. Police agencies are not eligible. Grantees must publicly solicit partners and prioritize groups serving marginalized communities.
Juvenile privacy and legal help
Sealed juvenile records stay private. Courts, prosecutors, probation, child welfare, DOJ, or the person may access them only for narrow, listed reasons, and sharing is limited. Children in foster care get an attorney to tell the court the child’s wishes and to advocate for the child’s safety and well‑being.
More transparency on crowd control
Police must post a public summary within 60 days after using kinetic projectiles or chemical agents on a crowd, or within 90 days for good cause. Reports list the assembly description, size, officers present, devices used, injuries, and the justification, including de‑escalation steps. The Justice Department links to the reports statewide. Agencies also must have written policies on gun violence restraining orders and make them available to the public.
Tighter medication and progress checks
Clinicians must report on competency progress and medication needs within 90 days, then every six months. Reports must address involuntary antipsychotic medication factors, including decision‑making capacity, risks, danger, alternatives, side effects, and whether medicine would help. Courts may set a hearing within 21 days for good cause, require remote testimony, and must update or end orders as facts change. If treatment is not provided, courts must return the person to court and county custody. If competence is unlikely, custody transfers to the county and the person returns to court within 10 days; the court cannot send the person back under the same commitment. At two years from commitment, or a shorter offense maximum, return to court and county must occur at least 90 days before the end.
Wage data sharing for support and fraud
Agencies can get wage and claim records to run child support programs and to find victims owed restitution. Designated investigators at Consumer Affairs, DMV, and Insurance can access records to probe suspected felonies and insurance or workers’ comp fraud, and must file reports. Cities and counties can get business-level wage data to make local economic forecasts, without individual employee details. The Civil Rights Department and the Air Resources Board can receive limited data for enforcement. All sharing follows federal limits and applies only to relevant, case-by-case uses.
More refurbished fire trucks for cities
The state can buy new or used fire engines and gear, have them repaired or refurbished to fire‑service standards by the corrections authority, and resell them to local agencies. Resale prices must cover the state’s purchase, repair, and indirect costs. This expands access to serviceable firefighting equipment for local communities.
More youth mental health training in schools
By July 1, 2029, each district must certify youth behavioral health training for 100% of certificated staff and 40% of classified staff with student contact in grades 7–12. Training happens during work hours and is not a job requirement. The Education Department must keep a model referral policy and, by January 1, 2023, list evidence‑based trainings when funding is provided.
Stronger police training on crises
POST updates core police training on mental illness, developmental disability, and substance use. The basic academy includes at least 15 hours with scenarios and culturally relevant content. Patrol officers get at least three hours of continuing training with active learning. Field training officers must complete eight hours of crisis training, with deadlines set in 2017 and 180 days for new appointees. POST also keeps a course for working in state hospitals and centers and sets uniform use‑of‑force training guidelines.
Wage data sharing to protect workers
The state can share wage records to enforce unpaid wage laws and find uninsured employers. Workforce and education agencies can get quarterly wage data to measure job and training results. A standard request process with deadlines is in place. Colleges and schools can track how students do in the job market. Cal Grant C and contractor license checks can use wage data to verify employment, and private postsecondary schools can match graduate earnings. The statewide Cradle-to-Career system can also receive employment and earnings data, in line with privacy laws.
Stronger powers and funding for prison industries
The state’s prison industries program now runs more like a business. The board can make contracts, hold funds in bank accounts, and must get an audit and give the Legislature a yearly report. A permanent revolving fund starts with at least $730,000, plus dedicated accounts for construction and new industries. The Pooled Money Investment Board can loan money at the pooled money market rate, with up to 20 years to repay, if private financing is not feasible. The Authority can buy or make utilities and build facilities, must avoid extra pension/retiree-health reserves beyond the Budget Act, and must hold a public hearing before starting a new industry over $50,000 in annual production.
Sweatfree clothing and more recycled purchases
State clothing and laundry contracts must certify no sweatshop, forced, convict, indentured, abusive child, or exploitative labor. Agencies can void contracts, fine up to $1,000 or 20% of the contract, or suspend bidders up to 360 days; small credit‑card buys under $2,500 are exempt, capped at $7,500 per company per year. Buyers must take yearly CalRecycle training and favor recycled‑content products unless virgin materials are needed for public safety.
Stronger court debt collections and fees
Counties that run comprehensive collection programs can keep their operating costs from the money they collect and may set a minimum amount to send into the program. Programs must act quickly: try phone contact, send a written notice within 95 days, make monthly reports, use DMV data, accept credit cards, and use at least five other tools like wage garnishment or tax intercepts. If you are put on a nondelinquent installment plan, the program may charge up to $35 per plan.
Annual fees for nonpublic school certification
Nonpublic, nonsectarian schools and agencies must pay a site fee each year based on pupil count: 1–5 $300; 6–10 $500; 11–24 $1,000; 25–75 $1,500; 76+ $2,000. Fees are due at application and renewal and are nonrefundable if withdrawn or denied. The state can adjust fees yearly using the LCFF inflation factor. Fees fund onsite reviews and oversight.
Stronger court checks on involuntary meds
When a psychiatrist seeks medicine past 21 days, they must file a court petition at the same time. The court holds a hearing within 18 days and decides within three days after, and before day 21. The court may extend up to 14 more days for good cause or by agreement. If an administrative law judge disagrees, no involuntary medicine is given until a court orders it. Prosecutors or the facility may also petition under the law’s criteria. Before admission to a state hospital or other facility, the court must send key records. Record holders must send needed treatment records within 10 calendar days of a written request, with privacy limits.
Data checks for benefits and coverage
Agencies can use unemployment insurance data to verify eligibility for public social services and health insurance subsidies. Covered California and DHCS can receive limited data to check employer coverage, contact employers, and reach new UI, SDI, and paid leave applicants for outreach beginning September 1, 2023. They must request only what is needed and send it securely. Private collection agencies cannot use Unemployment Insurance data. Developmental Services can receive wage and UI claim data to evaluate jobs programs for people it serves.
Medi-Cal rules for youth psychiatric care
Psychiatric residential treatment facilities for people under 21 must be certified to bill Medi‑Cal. Facilities must follow federal utilization rules, including recertifying the need for inpatient care at least every 60 days and planning for discharge. The state can set a statewide bed limit and must notify lawmakers at 250, 500, and 750 total beds. The health department may use interim guidance to run these rules until formal regulations are in place, no later than December 31, 2027.
More data checks on welfare and relief
EDD may share information to help agencies investigate unlawful benefit claims and recover medical assistance costs. EDD may also share unemployment data with county general relief offices to decide eligibility. Sharing is limited to program administration and must follow federal privacy rules.
New rules and fees for care administrators
Administrators of group homes and STRTPs must complete a 40‑hour core course and pass a state exam, with documents due in set timeframes. Certificates renew every two years with 40 hours of continuing education (no more than 20 hours self‑paced). Base fees apply: $100 to apply or renew, $100 exam, $300 late fee, $25 reissue, and $10 per CE unit; these rose 10% yearly starting July 1, 2021, up to 40% total. You must be at least 21 and submit fingerprints. Some licensed administrators can take a 12‑hour update instead of the full program and exam.
Tighter income checks for health coverage
State health agencies and the marketplace may use wage, employer, and claim data to verify eligibility for Medi‑Cal and marketplace subsidies. Checks are only for running those programs and must follow federal rules. This can speed correct approvals and stop improper payments.
Stronger training rules for security guards
Starting July 1, 2023, a state manual sets the standard for the power‑to‑arrest course. The bureau can inspect courses and tests at any time. Guards and trainers must use a roughly 8‑hour or 4‑hour arrest course with set topics, including de‑escalation and mental health. The use‑of‑force sections must be taught in person with hands‑on instruction and Q&A.
Inmate labor for public works, emergencies
The department may employ incarcerated people to provide services to governments and public institutions. They may also assist during county‑declared natural disaster emergencies when requested. With Finance approval, money from any source may move into the correctional revolving fund. The secretary may use inmate labor for public works within the statutory project‑cost limit; larger projects need board review.
Inmate work on conservation projects
Cal Fire and corrections use inmates at conservation camps for fire prevention, fire control, and other conservation work. The state can contract with public agencies and qualified nonprofits for these projects. Industrial enterprises at camps must follow existing state rules, and prisoner‑performed construction over $50,000 needs State Public Works Board approval.
Quicker diversion, safer placements
If a person is found incompetent and restoration is not in the interest of justice, the court holds a diversion hearing within 30 days and can grant diversion for up to two years or the offense’s maximum term, whichever is shorter. Courts must consider outpatient, community, or diversion first if available, based on a program director’s recommendation, and use hospital placement only when needed. People charged with violent felonies can be placed only in locked or secured facilities, and outpatient care requires a no‑danger finding. The state and sheriffs must coordinate transport; after set 90‑day periods, the commitment is automatically stayed. Before any placement, a community program director must evaluate and report within 15 judicial days, and local police must be notified for certain sex‑offense cases. If a county fails to take custody within 10 days after notice, it is charged the daily state hospital bed rate.
Stronger hospital safety and screening rules
Hospitals must run a year‑round workplace violence prevention plan in every patient unit, including staff training, incident response, and yearly reviews. They must report violent incidents within 24 hours if there is an injury, a weapon, or an urgent threat, and within 72 hours for other incidents, and keep records for five years. By March 1, 2027, most hospitals must use automatic weapons detection at the main public, emergency, and labor‑and‑delivery entrances; small and rural hospitals and some tight spaces are exempt, and wands alone are not enough. Screening rules must explain what happens if someone triggers a device, offer options for people who refuse screening, and post clear public notices. Hospitals may skip screening for on‑duty staff with ID, and no one is refused emergency medical care.
Stronger debt and labor enforcement
Agencies may share information to collect court‑ordered restitution, fines, penalties, and some delinquent loan debts. Unemployment insurance benefit data is not shared. The state can publicly disclose, after a final assessment with penalties, the name, address, total amount, penalty, and facts. Labor enforcement strike force agencies can share confidential tax, fee, and complaint data to pursue violations.
Hospital weapons screening and staff training
Hospitals must assign non‑clinical staff to screen for weapons at listed entrances. Those staff need at least eight hours of training on device use, response steps, de‑escalation, and implicit bias. This improves safety but adds hospital compliance and training costs.
Stricter oversight for youth treatment programs
STRTP applicants must include a county letter showing the program statement was reviewed, or review stops. Programs must share updated program statements with all placing counties. The state sets staff qualifications and training timelines on topics like trauma, cultural competency, and foster youth rights. New and existing STRTPs must get national accreditation within 24 months (with 12‑ and 18‑month status reports) and can lose their license if they fail. Each STRTP must also secure mental health approval and Medi‑Cal mental health certification within 12 months.
State-made goods favored in jail builds
Counties seeking 1988 bond funds for jail or youth facilities must plan to use products and furnishings made by the state correctional authority or local jail industry. A county can avoid using those products if they would delay construction or are unsuitable or not competitively priced and cannot be adapted. Counties must consult the authority and get state approval of their purchase plan before signing contracts.
More tax data sharing and checks
Tax agencies can share employment tax information needed to run state tax programs, as allowed by federal law. California may exchange essential employment tax data with Mexican tax officials under a formal reciprocal agreement; California only gets data on California residents, and Mexico only gets data on its nationals. The CalSavers Board can receive certain employer tax data, as the director approves, to run and enforce the state retirement savings program.
Juvenile can live in another county
A juvenile court may let a youth on probation or a ward live in a different county while keeping the case. The receiving county’s probation officer must agree to supervise. If the youth does not follow supervision, they can be returned to their legal‑residence county.
Per diem for corrections board members
Corrections training board members get a per diem set by the chair, at least the usual out‑of‑state rate for employees. They also get actual travel costs paid. Payments come from the Authority’s revolving fund. The board has 11 members named in law and set by specific appointments.
DMV keeps some officials' addresses private
If you are in a listed protected job and ask, the DMV keeps your home address confidential. This can also cover your spouse and children. Courts, law enforcement, certain agencies, and some attorneys may still access it under the law. Protection ends for a spouse or child after a felony conviction.
Better‑trained state licensing inspectors
Licensing staff who oversee group homes, STRTPs, and foster family agencies must get yearly training. The department must provide a staff development program with 36 hours per year and full training in the first six months. Topics include trauma, child rights, high‑risk behaviors, cultural competency, ICWA, and special health needs.
Stronger foster care training, records
Foster family agencies must keep clear records and send yearly service and cost summaries to counties. They must also report quarterly on placements, outcomes, and hospitalizations, and the state posts annual data. Intensive services foster families must complete 40 hours of preplacement training, 24 hours in the first year, and 12 hours each year after. One‑parent families can be conditionally approved but must finish 40 hours within 120 days.
More corrections jobs count as safety members
More listed corrections roles are now treated as state safety members. This changes which employees get the safety‑member protections in the Government Code.
Corrections industry renamed, roles kept
The Prison Industry Authority is now the California Correctional Training and Rehabilitation Authority. Existing corrections councils and boards continue with their current powers unless the law says otherwise. References in law now read to the new names.
Felony to expose protected addresses
It is a felony to disclose a confidential home address of protected people, like peace officers or judges, when that disclosure results in bodily injury to them or their family. This strengthens safety protections for covered people.
Mental‑health diversion adds some DUIs
People charged with some misdemeanor DUI offenses under Vehicle Code 23152 or 23153 can be considered for mental‑health diversion. They must still meet all other diversion rules. DMV can still take separate administrative action.
More health voices on jail board
Starting July 1, 2024, the corrections oversight board grows to 15 members. The Governor adds a licensed health care provider and a licensed mental or behavioral health provider, with Senate confirmation. Members serve three‑year terms, and eight members make a quorum.
New mobile response funds add, not replace
Counties must use new funds for mobile response services to add to, not replace, current local spending. This protects existing services while adding capacity.
24/7 family crisis help and oversight
The state can contract with experienced providers to run a 24/7 family and youth crisis hotline. Counties can get up to a six‑month extension if they show progress and a way to handle referrals while building mobile response. Grantees must report yearly, a stakeholder group advises the program, and the department posts a public report six months after the program ends.
Oversight of care‑facility trainer vendors
The department sets content and testing rules for administrator certification and continuing education programs. It can approve and list vendors and inspect training, including online courses, at no charge. Vendor approval procedures must have timelines and finish within 30 days.
Racial justice training for appointed lawyers
The Judicial Council sets standards for appointing private counsel in certain post‑conviction cases. Appointed lawyers must complete at least 10 hours of training on the California Racial Justice Act that qualifies for State Bar MCLE credit.
Work starts on a modern policing degree
Community colleges developed recommendations for a modern policing degree. The training commission must adopt education rules for peace officers within two years after the report. This raises and standardizes education expectations for officers.
Faster county buying from prison industries
Counties can buy certain products from the prison industries authority without formal public bidding. The Authority must name a county jail and juvenile facility liaison to help counties with product specs, delivery, and development. Mattresses the Authority makes and state agencies buy are exempt from the state mattress recycling charge and must be marked; recycling groups only have to provide services the Authority contracted for.
Inmate work pay capped at half minimum wage
The department sets inmate pay by work quality and quantity. Pay cannot be more than one‑half of the state minimum wage per hour. Pay goes to the inmate’s account and is paid from the correctional revolving fund.
Some state hospitals exempted from rules
Hospitals run by State Hospitals, Developmental Services, and Corrections and Rehabilitation are excluded from the listed workplace violence requirements. These state‑run hospitals do not have to follow those specific rules.
Inmates must work; pay and forfeits
Able-bodied inmates must do daily work set by the prison. Pay is included in program pricing and can be paid from state funds. If an inmate escapes, the Secretary can forfeit their earnings to the Inmate Welfare Fund.
Kids' health specialty plates available
The DMV offers “Have a Heart, Be a Star, Help Our Kids” plates. You can choose a personalized or assigned sequence and pay program and renewal fees. Net revenue, after DMV and law enforcement costs, goes to the Child Health and Safety Fund.
Faster earnings checks for disability pensions
EDD may give earnings data to a public retirement system if its board asks in writing. The request must be from an authorized official and say the person applied for or gets a disability allowance. This speeds verification but may also affect eligibility decisions.
Clear rules for involuntary mental health meds
Courts decide if a defendant lacks capacity to choose antipsychotic drugs based on risk of harm, danger to others, or likely restoration. If criteria are met and a psychiatrist recommends it, the court must authorize medication, including involuntary treatment, for up to one year with six‑month reviews. In emergencies, facilities may give prescribed antipsychotics. If a capacitated defendant consents and later withdraws consent, or refuses from the start, the case returns to court. Reports must list medicines given and effects; either side can ask the court to review, and the defendant may contact a patients’ rights advocate. A psychiatrist can certify up to 21 days of involuntary meds, with a hearing before an administrative law judge within 72 hours and representation provided.
Faster diversion and conservatorship in court
If a defendant is found incompetent, the court pauses the case and must hold a diversion hearing within 30 days. If late, the defendant is released on their own recognizance until the hearing. If charges are dismissed and refiled, the court presumes incompetence unless shown otherwise, and cannot send the defendant back to state hospitals under the same commitment. If someone returned to court appears gravely disabled, the court must order the county to start conservatorship proceedings.
State‑only oversight of CE vendors
Vendors that only provide continuing education for group home or STRTP administrators and are approved by the state are regulated only by the state department. Local governments may not regulate those vendor activities.
Stronger state purchasing controls
The Department of General Services (DGS) must find vehicle and equipment purchases necessary and supervise contracts. DGS can charge fees, forgive uncollectible debts up to $5,000, and certify funds for certain settlements. An office may contract with the corrections authority for services, and agencies can buy required goods from it. For one section, the corrections authority is not treated as a "state agency."
Transit agencies: yearly financial reports
Public transit operators must file an annual report with audited data and a next‑year revenue estimate. They must list any contracts with the corrections authority. The State Controller can have county auditors withhold payments if reports are late.
Data sharing for services and debt collections
Agencies and their contractors can receive social services data for research and forecasting tied to running those programs, under federal privacy rules. The Department of Developmental Services can get wage and employer records to collect money owed by recipients, parents, or other legally liable people. A separate, time‑limited data match to identify large employers with workers on Medi‑Cal ended on January 1, 2020.
Youth mental health training ends after 2030
The youth behavioral health policy and training section stops on July 1, 2030. It is repealed on January 1, 2031. The legal duty to provide this training ends after those dates.
Tighter rules for online CE courses
Vendors of self‑paced online continuing education must include an interactive part, verify the learner’s identity, and present a final screen with a printable statement. The participant must sign that statement, and the vendor must keep it for three years. Knowingly signing a false statement is a misdemeanor. The department may approve other technology that meets these requirements.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 9/11/2025
Item 174 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 40 • No: 0
House vote • 8/28/2025
Item 156 — Assembly AFLOOR
Yes: 74 • No: 0
legislature vote • 8/20/2025
Vote in CX25
Yes: 15 • No: 0
legislature vote • 7/15/2025
Vote in CX18
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Senate vote • 5/15/2025
Item 153 — Senate SFLOOR
Yes: 34 • No: 0
legislature vote • 4/29/2025
Vote in CS72
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 241, Statutes of 2025.
10/1/2025SenateApproved by the Governor.
10/1/2025legislatureEnrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
9/22/2025legislatureAssembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2927.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
9/11/2025SenateOrdered to special consent calendar.
9/9/2025SenateIn Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
8/28/2025SenateRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2777.) Ordered to the Senate.
8/28/2025HouseRead second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
8/21/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
8/20/2025HouseFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
7/16/2025HouseFrom committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
6/26/2025HouseReferred to Com. on PUB. S.
5/29/2025HouseIn Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
5/15/2025HouseRead third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1092.) Ordered to the Assembly.
5/15/2025SenateRead second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
5/13/2025SenateFrom committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
5/12/2025SenateSet for hearing May 12.
5/2/2025SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 946.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
4/30/2025SenateFrom committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
4/21/2025SenateSet for hearing April 29.
4/11/2025SenateReferred to Com. on PUB. S.
3/19/2025SenateFrom printer. May be acted upon on or after April 12.
3/13/2025SenateIntroduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
3/12/2025Senate
Bill Text
Chaptered
10/1/2025
Enrolled
9/16/2025
Amended Assembly
6/26/2025
Amended Senate
4/21/2025
Introduced
3/12/2025