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California 20252026

AB 31

Peace officers: tribal police.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Peaceofficers, tribalpolice
Introduced / first action
2024-12-02 00:00:00

Alternate titles

  • Peace officers: tribal police pilot project.

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law provides that any person who comes within the provisions of specified statutes and who otherwise meets all standards imposed by law on a peace officer is a peace officer, grants certain authority to those individuals and their employing entities, and places certain requirements on those individuals and their employing entities. Existing law also grants specified limited arrest authority to certain other persons, including federal criminal investigators, park rangers, and peace officers from adjoining jurisdictions. Existing federal law authorizes tribal governments to employ tribal police for the enforcement of tribal law on tribal lands. Existing federal law requires the State of California to exercise criminal jurisdiction on Indian lands. Existing state law deems a tribal police officer who has been deputized or appointed by a county sheriff as a reserve or auxiliary deputy to be a peace officer in the State of California. Existing law, from July 1, 2026, until July 1, 2029, establishes the Tribal Police Pilot Program under the Department of Justice and the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training that grants peace officer authority to certain tribal police officers on Indian lands and elsewhere in the state under specified circumstances. Existing law authorizes the department to select 3 federally recognized tribes to participate in this pilot program, sets certain minimum qualifications and certification and training requirements for a tribal officer to act pursuant to this authority, and places certain requirements on the employing tribe, including a limited waiver of sovereign immunity and the adoption of a tribal law or resolution that authorizes the exercise of that authority and provides for public access to certain records. This bill would rename the pilot program to the Tribal Police Program and would extend the program indefinitely. Existing law creates the Tribal Police Pilot Fund in the State Treasury to, upon appropriation by the Legislature, assist program participants with the cost of information technology necessary to comply with reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies. This bill would rename that fund to the Tribal Police Fund.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  2. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0.).

    amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  3. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  5. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  6. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

    amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2

  7. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).

    amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage

  8. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  10. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

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  11. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  12. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

    reading-1, referral-committee

  13. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1816.)

    passage, reading-1, reading-3

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    reading-1, reading-2, reading-3

  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable

  16. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee

  18. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

    referral-committee

  19. From printer. May be heard in committee January 2.

  20. Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

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