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AB-1013 • 2026

Peace officer training: behavioral health.

Peace officer training: behavioral health.

Education
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Garcia
Last action
2026-02-02
Official status
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about the timing or cost of implementing the training program.

Peace Officer Training: Behavioral Health

This law requires police officers who work on patrol or supervise them to take a special training course about dealing with people who have mental health issues, disabilities, and substance use problems. The course can be made in partnership with local health departments and other groups.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to create and update a classroom-based continuing education course for police officers regarding behavioral health and law enforcement interaction with persons with mental illness, intellectual disability, and substance use disorders.
  • Allows the commission to work with local departments of behavioral health, community-based organizations, or nonprofit organizations to develop this training course.
  • Mandates that all patrol-level supervisors and officers must complete this training course.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Police officers who work in patrol duties or supervise those who do.
  • Local departments of behavioral health, community-based organizations, and nonprofits that can partner with the commission to create the course.

Terms To Know

Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training
A state agency responsible for setting training standards for police officers in California.
State-mandated local program
A program where the state requires local agencies to do something, which can lead to additional costs for those agencies.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much extra money will be needed or when the training must start.
  • It is unclear if and how the state will reimburse local law enforcement agencies for these new costs.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.

  2. 2026-01-31 California Legislative Information

    Died pursuant to Art. IV, Sec. 10(c) of the Constitution.

  3. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Held under submission.

  4. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

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

  5. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  6. 2025-03-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  7. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  8. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1013, as introduced, Garcia.
Peace officer training: behavioral health.
Existing law requires the Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training to establish and keep updated a classroom-based continuing training course that includes instructor-led active learning, such as scenario-based training, relating to behavioral health and law enforcement interaction with persons with mental illness, intellectual disability, and substance use disorders. Existing law requires the commission to make available the course to each law enforcement officer with a rank of supervisor or below and who is assigned to patrol duties or to supervise officers who are assigned to patrol duties.
This bill would authorize the commission to partner with local departments of behavioral health, community-based organizations, or nonprofit organizations to establish and keep updated this classroom-based continuing training course. The bill would
require a law enforcement officer with a rank of supervisor or below and who is assigned to patrol duties or to supervise officers who are assigned to patrol duties to complete the course. By imposing additional training costs on local law enforcement agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

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