CaliforniaBill would bar certain officers from immigration enforcement side jobs
The vetoed bill would bar certain California officers from immigration enforcement side jobs outside military service and require them to report offers for those jobs.
What it does
Certain California officers would be barred from immigration enforcement side jobs, except military service. Violations could cost them their certification to work as officers.
Certain officers would report immigration enforcement side-job offers. Their agencies would keep those reports and related records as public records, including investigations that confirm violations.
Argument forMaking job offers and confirmed violations public records could help residents check whether their law enforcement agencies enforce the ban.
Argument againstCovered officers could lose access to immigration enforcement side jobs, and taking those jobs could put their law enforcement careers at risk.
More detail
Certain California officers would be barred from side jobs involving immigration arrests, detention, transportation, or deportation under federal or another state’s immigration laws. The ban would cover only the officer groups listed in Penal Code sections 830.1(a) and (c), 830.2(a) through (d), and 830.5. The ban would include contract work and work as an independent contractor. Service in any branch of the United States Armed Forces would be exempt. A violation would count as serious misconduct and could lead to loss of certification to work as an officer.
Officers would report official offers for prohibited immigration enforcement side jobs to their employing agencies. Agencies would keep these reports and related employment records. These duties would cover the officer groups named in the ban and the California state or local law enforcement agencies that employ them. Officers would have to report official job offers even if they do not accept them. The records would include investigations that confirm a violation. These records would fall under California’s public records law.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 30Vetoed by Governor Gavin Newsom.Latest
- Sep 9Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 31
- Vote recorded AB 1537 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 30Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 46. Noes 22. Page 6909.).Major
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading AB1537 Bryan et al. By Arreguín. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 30In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Aug 30Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11.).Passed Senate
- Aug 24Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 21Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 20Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 19Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 3In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 25Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 24From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 23).Major
- Jun 23
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 10Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- May 28In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 27Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 21. Page 5435.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 1537 Bryan Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 19Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 18Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- May 14From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 14).Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.Minor
- Mar 4From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (March 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Mar 4Coauthors revised.
- Mar 3
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Feb 2Referred to Com. on PUB. S.Minor
- Jan 6From printer. May be heard in committee February 5.
- Jan 5Read first time. To print.Introduced
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