Juveniles: custodial interrogation.

Children Crime

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Schultz
Last action: 2026-03-19
Official status: Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on consequences for police officers who violate these rules.

Rules for Talking to Young People in Police Custody

This rule stops police from using tricky ways to get information or statements from young people who were under 18 when they committed a crime and are now being held by the police.

What This Bill Does

Stops police officers from getting statements or information from someone who was younger than 18 at the time of their alleged crime, if that person is in custody.
Keeps undercover police officers and others working with them from asking young people under 18 for information while the youth are being held by the police.
Tells courts to consider whether a police officer broke these rules on purpose when deciding how much to trust what the officer says.

Who It Names or Affects

Young people who were younger than 18 at the time they committed a crime and are now in custody.
Police officers, undercover agents, and anyone working with them.

Terms To Know

Custodial interrogation: When police question someone who is being held by the police.
Undercover: Working in secret to catch people breaking laws without them knowing it.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if a police officer breaks these rules.
It is unclear how courts will use this information when deciding cases.

Bill History

2026-03-19 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-03-18 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 17).
2026-03-18 California Legislative Information
Coauthors revised.
2026-03-02 California Legislative Information
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
2026-02-13 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
2026-02-12 California Legislative Information
Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 1905, as introduced, Schultz.
Juveniles: custodial interrogation.
Existing law prohibits law enforcement officers from employing threats, physical harm, deception, or psychologically manipulative interrogation tactics, as specified, during a custodial interrogation of a person 17 years of age or younger.
This bill would prohibit a law enforcement officer from seeking statements or information while working undercover, or by individuals working in collaboration with, or acting as agents of, law enforcement, from a person who was 17 years of age or younger during the commission of crime and who is in custody. The bill would direct a court to consider any willful failure of a law enforcement officer in violation of these provisions in determining the credibility of that law enforcement officer.

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