Tim Grayson
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 9
Author
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. This bill would authorize disclosure of a confidential communication in a juvenile delinquency proceeding. The bill would additionally give a law enforcement personnel the right to refuse to disclose, and to prevent another from disclosing, a confidential communication between the law enforcement personnel and a peer support team member while the peer support team member was providing group peer support services, as defined, and a confidential communication between law enforcement personnel recipients of group peer support services while a peer support team member or mental health professional provides group peer support services to those recipients. The bill would expand the definition of confidential communication to include the communication between law enforcement personnel recipients of group peer support services, as specified.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 456, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2253.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2508.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17).
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6).
Set for hearing May 6.
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.
Set for hearing April 1.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB459 | HTML |
| 02/19/25 - Introduced | |
| 05/08/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/18/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/26/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/27/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/07/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/28/25- Senate Public Safety | |
| 05/02/25- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/12/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/16/25- Assembly Public Safety | |
| 06/27/25- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 07/11/25- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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