republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-385.md

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Bill	Peace officers.	Existing law required the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before June 1, 2023, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission, within 2 years of the submission of the report, to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 385	California SB 385 (20252026)	bill	Peaceofficers	enacted	Seyarto	5	24	5	2025-02-14	2025-10-01	openstates	ocd-bill/0ba768d2-aa2f-40a9-8a33-8ae646c3dfa2	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB385	e0c1c7181e9b1a0f6f1191147f3180a313d58409c8ae69f8998f2fb1a0eb747c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 385 (20252026) — Peace officers.

Existing law required the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges, on or before June 1, 2023, in consultation with specified entities, to develop a modern policing degree program and to prepare and submit a report to the Legislature outlining a plan to implement the program. Existing law establishes the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training within the Department of Justice and requires the commission, within 2 years of the submission of the report, to approve and adopt the education criteria for peace officers, based on the recommendations in the report.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. 02/14/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/01/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. SB385 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/16/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB385 Seyarto et al. Urgency Clause — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 385 Seyarto Third Reading Urgency By Irwin — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Seyarto — primary (person)
• Wahab — author (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2025-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-18 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
• 2025-02-26 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and APPR. referral-committee
• 2025-03-07 Set for hearing March 25.
• 2025-03-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 533.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-03-28 Set for hearing April 7.
• 2025-04-07 April 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2025-04-08 Set for hearing April 21.
• 2025-04-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2025-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1332.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-05 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
• 2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-17 From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.
• 2025-07-17 Ordered to third reading.
• 2025-09-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3271.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-12 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 218, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0ba768d2-aa2f-40a9-8a33-8ae646c3dfa2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).