Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.
Existing law, the Law Enforcement Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Program, authorizes a local or regional law enforcement agency to establish a peer support and crisis referral program to provide an agencywide network of peer representatives available to aid fellow employees on emotional or professional issues. Under existing law, a law enforcement personnel has a right to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication, as defined, between the law enforcement personnel and a peer support team member while the peer support team member was providing peer support services, or a confidential communication made to a crisis hotline or crisis referral service. Existing law authorizes a confidential communication to be disclosed under specified circumstances, including a criminal proceeding.
California SB 459 (20252026) — Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.
Existing law, the Law Enforcement Peer Support and Crisis Referral Services Program, authorizes a local or regional law enforcement agency to establish a peer support and crisis referral program to provide an agencywide network of peer representatives available to aid fellow employees on emotional or professional issues. Under existing law, a law enforcement personnel has a right to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication, as defined, between the law enforcement personnel and a peer support team member while the peer support team member was providing peer support services, or a confidential communication made to a crisis hotline or crisis referral service. Existing law authorizes a confidential communication to be disclosed under specified circumstances, including a criminal proceeding.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · upper
Consent Calendar 2nd — 34–0 (pass) · upper
SB 459 Grayson Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Grayson — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-26 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-18 Set for hearing April 1.
2025-04-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 611.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-08 Set for hearing May 6.
2025-05-07 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-08 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-15 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-15 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-06-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-06-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2025-07-10 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2508.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-07-10 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-21 Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-08-25 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2253.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 456, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/05ac4ccb-d32c-461d-ad2f-d3b7058fae17. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).