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SB-580 • 2026

Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.

Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.

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Enacted

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

Sponsor
Durazo
Last action
2025-10-12
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 670, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify an exact effective date beyond January 1, 2027.

Attorney General: Guidelines on Immigration Enforcement

This law requires the Attorney General to create guidelines that limit how state and local agencies help with immigration enforcement, and it sets rules for databases used by these agencies.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Attorney General to develop model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement at public schools, libraries, courthouses, health facilities, shelters, and other specified state agencies.
  • Requires the Attorney General to publish guidance on how databases operated by state and local agencies should limit information available for immigration enforcement purposes.
  • Makes it necessary for state and local agencies to implement these model policies by January 1, 2027.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Attorney General of California
  • State and local agencies in California

Terms To Know

model policies
Guidelines that suggest how to handle certain situations, but are not strict rules.
state-mandated local program
A program where the state tells local agencies what they must do.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify when it will take effect.
  • It is unclear how much money will be needed to follow these new rules and if there will be enough funding.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-12 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 670, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-12 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-22 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. 2025-09-10 California Legislative Information

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2805.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 19. Page 3087.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Ordered to third reading.

  8. 2025-09-04 California Legislative Information

    Read third time and amended.

  9. 2025-09-03 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2025-09-02 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  11. 2025-08-29 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29).

  12. 2025-08-20 California Legislative Information

    August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  13. 2025-06-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  14. 2025-06-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  15. 2025-06-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

  16. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  17. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1376.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  18. 2025-05-27 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  20. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1205.) (May 23).

  21. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  22. 2025-05-12 California Legislative Information

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  23. 2025-05-02 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 12.

  24. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 968.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 836.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

  26. 2025-04-22 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 30 in L. GOV. pending receipt.

  27. 2025-04-08 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 22.

  28. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. GOV.

  29. 2025-03-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  30. 2025-03-05 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  31. 2025-02-21 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  32. 2025-02-20 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 580, Durazo.
Attorney General: immigration enforcement policies.
Existing law requires the Attorney General to develop model policies limiting assistance with immigration enforcement to the fullest extent possible consistent with federal and state law at public schools, public libraries, courthouses, specified health facilities, shelters, and other specified state agencies.
This bill would similarly require the Attorney General, on or before July 1, 2026, and in consultation with appropriate stakeholders, to publish model policies relating to interaction with immigration enforcement, consistent with federal and state law, and to publish guidance and recommendations for databases operated by
state and local agencies to limit the availability of information in those databases for the purposes of immigration enforcement, consistent with federal and state law. The bill would require state and local agencies to implement the model policies on or before January 1, 2027, as specified. By imposing new duties on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
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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