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AB-1262 • 2026

Stolen or embezzled property: description.

Stolen or embezzled property: description.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Essayli
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 official source material does not provide details on whether the bill will make tracking stolen property easier, nor does it mention specific technical changes beyond stating clerks may use a computer database instead of a book.

Stolen or Embezzled Property: Description

This law allows the person in charge of property at a police station to enter details about stolen or embezzled items into a computer database instead of writing them down in a book.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows clerks and people in charge of property sections to put descriptions of stolen or embezzled items into a computer system.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Peace officers who must keep property they believe is stolen or embezzled.
  • Clerks and people in charge of property sections at police stations and sheriff’s departments.

Terms To Know

peace officer
A person, like a police officer, who has the power to enforce laws and keep order.
embezzled property
Money or items that someone in charge of them took for their own use without permission.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the computer database will be used after descriptions are entered.
  • It is unclear if this change will make it easier to track stolen property.

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. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  4. 2025-03-10 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  5. 2025-02-24 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  6. 2025-02-22 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  7. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1262, as introduced, Essayli.
Stolen or embezzled property: description.
Existing law requires a peace officer to hold property alleged to have been stolen or embezzled when the property comes into the custody of the officer. Existing law requires the clerk or person in charge of the property section for the police or sheriff’s department to enter in a suitable book a description of every article of property alleged to be stolen or embezzled that has been brought into the office or taken from the person of a prisoner.
This bill would state that the clerk or person in charge of the property section may enter that description in a computer database. The bill would also make technical, nonsubstantive changes.

Current Bill Text

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