AB-1568 • 2026

Sex offenses: registration.

Crime Education Taxes

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Alanis
Last action: 2026-04-08
Official status: In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific information about court permissions regarding further testing or costs associated with additional SARATSO assessments.

Sex Offender Registration: Hearing Requirements

This law requires people who want to be removed from the sex offender registry to appear in court and prove they have completed treatment if asked by a judge.

What This Bill Does

Requires someone trying to get off the sex offender list to show up at their hearing.
Allows judges to order these people to attend their hearings.
Makes sure courts look at whether the person was in charge or trusted by the victim when they committed the crime.
Needs courts to check if the person finished special treatment for sex offenders.

Who It Names or Affects

People who are on or want to get off the sex offender registry in California.
Courts and judges handling these cases.

Terms To Know

Sex Offender Registry: A list of people convicted of certain crimes involving sexual offenses, which they must update regularly with law enforcement.
SARATSO: The State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders, used to measure the risk that a sex offender will commit another crime.

Limits and Unknowns

It is not clear when this bill will become law or how it will be enforced.
The bill does not specify what happens if someone cannot attend their hearing.
There are no details on the costs associated with conducting additional SARATSO assessments.

Bill History

2026-04-08 California Legislative Information
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-03-09 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-05 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended.
2026-03-04 California Legislative Information
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 3).
2026-02-24 California Legislative Information
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-02-23 California Legislative Information
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
2026-02-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-01-13 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2026-01-12 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1568, as amended, Alanis.
Sex offenses: registration.
Existing law, the Sex Offender Registration Act, requires a person convicted of one of certain crimes, as specified, to register with law enforcement as a sex offender while residing in California or while attending school or working in California, as specified. Existing law, on and after July 1, 2021, authorizes a person to file a petition in the superior court in the county in which they are registered for termination from the sex offender registry on or after their next birthday following the expiration of the mandated minimum registration period.
If the district attorney requests a hearing regarding the above-described petition, under existing law, the district attorney is entitled to present evidence regarding whether community safety would be significantly enhanced by requiring continued registration. Existing law requires the court, in
determining whether to order continued registration pursuant to the hearing, to consider specified information, including the person’s current risk of reoffense as indicated on the State-Authorized Risk Assessment Tool for Sex Offenders (SARATSO), as specified.
This bill would
require the petitioner to personally appear at the hearing described above.
authorize the court to order the petitioner to be present at the hearing described above, as specified.
The bill would additionally require the court to consider whether the offender was in a position of trust or authority in relation to the victim and proof of participation in or successful completion of sex offender-specific treatment by the offender in the above-described determination. The bill would require the court to
verify, as specified, participation in or completion of treatment. The bill would authorize the court to order specified SARATSO assessments if the court is unable to verify participation in or completion of treatment, or as the court otherwise deems necessary, as specified. The bill would make other clarifying changes.

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