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Peace Officer Standards and Training. This bill authorizes the Commission on Peace Officer Stan- dards and Training (POST) to access information contained in and derived from the California Law Enforcement Telecommunications System (CLETS), as specified. An act to add Section 15169 to the Government Code, and to amend Sections 13500, 13510.8, and 13510.9 of, and to add Section 13503.1 to, the Penal Code, relating to peace officers, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. AB 379, Schultz. Crimes: prostitution. This bill (1) increases the penalty for solicitation of a minor in specified circumstances; (2) makes it a misdemean- or for any person to loiter in any public place with the intent to purchase commercial sex, as specified; (3) creates the Survivor Support Fund to fund grant pro- grams to community-based organizations (CBOs) that provide direct services and outreach to victims of sex trafficking and exploitation; (4) creates the hu- man trafficking vertical prosecution grant program; and (5) increases civil penalties for specified human trafficking- related violations by businesses. An act to amend Sections 52.6 and 52.65 of the Civ- il Code, and to amend Section 647 of, to add Sections 647.5 and 653.25 to, and to add Chapter 5.8 (com- mencing with Section 13849) to Title 6 of Part 4 of, the Penal Code, relating to crimes. AB 383, Davies. Firearms: prohibition: minors. This bill would authorize the issuance of a search warrant for minors unlawfully in possession of a firearm, expand the exemptions prohibiting minors from possessing firearms, apply existing firearms relinquishment procedures to adjudicated minors, and disarm certain adjudicated minors until age 30. An act to amend Sections 1524, 29615, and 29810 of the Penal Code, relating to firearms. AB 394, Wilson. Public transportation providers. Expands the elevated penalties that apply to persons that commit battery against certain transit workers to include public transportation provider employees and contractors. An act to amend Section 527.8 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and to amend Section 243.3 of the Penal Code, relating to public transportation. AB 451, Petrie-Norris. Law enforcement policies: restraining orders. Requires state and local law en- forcement agencies to develop and adopt policies and standards pertaining to enforcing firearm relin- quishment requirements associated with specified protective and restraining orders. An act to add Section 13667 to the Penal Code, re- lating to law enforcement. AB 461, Ahrens. Truancy. Repeals the criminal offense for parents who fail to reasonably supervise and encourage pupil school attendance resulting in chronic truancy. An act to repeal Section 270.1 of the Penal Code, relating to truancy. AB 468, Gabriel. Crimes: looting. Establishes in- creased penalties for looting in a disaster zone. An act to amend Section 459 of, and to repeal and add Section 463 of, the Penal Code, relating to
2025 Assembly Penal Laws AB 134, Committee on Budget. Public Safety. This bill, as part of the 2025-26 budget package, makes the following statutory changes. Includes statutory changes related to California Department of Cor- rections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), establishes a tribal police pilot under the Department of Justice and Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training, and clarifies the delegation of certain re- sponsibilities for the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) related to determining the suit- ability of facilities for the confinement of juveniles, and provides BSCC with the authority to file civil suits. An act to amend Section 12838.6 of the Gov- ernment Code, to amend Sections 2053.1, 5007.3, 5068.5, 6006, 6027, 6126, and 6126.3 of, to add and repeal Sections 830.83 and 832.55 of, to add and re- peal Article 2.45 (commencing with Section 11073) of Chapter 1 of Title 1 of Part 4 of, to repeal Sections 1233.9, 1233.10, 6008, 6044, 6140, and 6141 of, and to repeal and add Sections 6006.5 and 6007 of, the Penal Code, and to amend Sections 209 and 4361 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, relating to public safety, and making an appropriation therefor, to take effect immediately, bill related to the budget. AB 247, Bryan. Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages. Requires incarcerated individual hand crew members from county jails and state pris- on, and youth placed at the Pine Grove Youth Con- servation Camp, to be paid an hourly wage of $7.25 while assigned to an active fire incident and to have the wage rate updated on an annual basis. An act to amend Section 4019.2 of, and to add Section 2714 to, the Penal Code, and to add Section 1760.46 to the Welfare and Institutions Code, relat- ing to inmate firefighters, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. AB 248, Bryan. County jails: wages. Authorizes the County Board of Supervisors to determine a wage to be credited to each prisoner if the prisoner is confined in or committed to a county jail and per- forms a work assignment. An act to amend Section 4019.3 of the Penal Code, relating to jails. AB 321, Schultz. Misdemeanors. Authorizes a court to reduce a felony to a misdemeanor where the charged offense is an alternate felony-misdemeanor when a court determines, prior to trial, either on its own motion or a motion by a party. An act to amend Section 17 of the Penal Code, re- lating to crimes. AB 352, Pacheco. Crimes: criminal threats. Au- thorizes a court, in sentencing a person for willfully making criminal threats, against a judge, commis- sioner, state constitutional officer, or Member of the Legislature, as specified, to consider that fact as a factor in aggravation. An act to amend Section 422 of the Penal Code, re- lating to crimes. AB 354, Michelle Rodriguez. Commission on
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