SB-459 • 2026

Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: Grayson
Last action: 2025-10-07
Official status: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 456, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date: Not listed

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Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.

SB 459, Grayson.

What This Bill Does

SB 459, Grayson.
Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.
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.

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Bill History

2025-10-07 California Legislative Information
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 456, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-07 California Legislative Information
Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-02 California Legislative Information
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-08-25 California Legislative Information
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2253.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-08-21 California Legislative Information
Ordered to special consent calendar.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-07-10 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 2508.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-07-03 California Legislative Information
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-07-02 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1).
2025-06-26 California Legislative Information
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-18 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-17 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17).
2025-06-09 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.
2025-05-15 California Legislative Information
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-15 California Legislative Information
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1090.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-08 California Legislative Information
Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-05-07 California Legislative Information
From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0. Page 1027.) (May 6).
2025-04-08 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing May 6.
2025-04-01 California Legislative Information
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.
2025-03-18 California Legislative Information
Set for hearing April 1.
2025-02-26 California Legislative Information
Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and JUD.
2025-02-20 California Legislative Information
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19 California Legislative Information
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 459, Grayson.
Peace officers: confidential communications: exceptions: group peer support services.
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.

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