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Senate bill · 20252026

SB 281

Pleas: immigration advisement.

Became lawOfficial record on California Legislative Information

Progress

249 days from first to latest action, across 19 recorded actions.

  1. Filed

    Feb 5

  2. Referred to committee

    Feb 14

  3. Heard in committee

    Mar 25

  4. Reported from committee

    Mar 25

  5. Passed first chamber

    May 28

  6. Passed second chamber

    Aug 28

  7. Sent to governor

    Sep 9

  8. Became law

    Oct 12

AssemblySenateMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

Filled marks are milestones (committee report, floor passage, governor action). Larger marks hold more same-day actions.

Record votes

Each dot is one member, grouped by how they voted.

Do pass

Senate · Mar 25, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 5–1

5 Yea

1 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

3rd Reading

Senate · May 28, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 28–10

28 Yea

10 Nay

2 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Do pass.

Assembly · Jun 17, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 7–2

7 Yea

2 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

SB 281 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Gabriel

Assembly · Aug 28, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 53–18

53 Yea

18 Nay

8 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Unfinished Business SB281 Pérez et al. Concurrence

Senate · Sep 3, 2025Party-line vote

Passed 30–10

30 Yea

10 Nay

0 Absent / not voting

RepublicanDemocratic

Full history

Every action recorded by California Legislative Information.

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 666, Statutes of 2025.

    Oct 12, 2025 · Joint

  2. Approved by the Governor.

    Oct 12, 2025 · Joint

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

    Sep 9, 2025 · Joint

  4. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2424.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. Public Safety

    Sep 3, 2025 · Senate

  5. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

    Aug 28, 2025 · Senate

  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 18. Page 2764.) Ordered to the Senate.

    Aug 28, 2025 · Assembly

  7. Ordered to third reading.

    Jul 15, 2025 · Assembly

  8. Read third time and amended.

    Jul 15, 2025 · Assembly

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Jun 18, 2025 · Assembly

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 17). Public Safety

    Jun 17, 2025 · Assembly

  11. Referred to Com. on PUB. S. Public Safety

    Jun 5, 2025 · Assembly

  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

    May 28, 2025 · Assembly

  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1291.) Ordered to the Assembly.

    May 28, 2025 · Senate

  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

    Mar 26, 2025 · Senate

  15. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 533.) (March 25). Public Safety

    Mar 25, 2025 · Senate

  16. Set for hearing March 25.

    Mar 7, 2025 · Senate

  17. Referred to Com. on PUB. S. Public Safety

    Feb 14, 2025 · Senate

  18. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 8.

    Feb 6, 2025 · Senate

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

    Feb 5, 2025 · Senate

Authors

and 4 coauthors or sponsors

Show 4 more
  • Robert Garcia coauthorD
  • José Solache coauthorD
  • Jesse Gabriel coauthorD
  • Anna Caballero coauthorD

In committee

  • Public Safety

    Senate

    Referred Feb 14, 2025 · heard Mar 25, 2025 · reported after 39 days

  • Public Safety

    Assembly

    Referred Jun 5, 2025 · heard Jun 17, 2025 · reported after 12 days

Topics

Pleasimmigrationadvisement

Bill text

  • 02/05/25 - IntroducedPDF
  • 07/15/25 - Amended AssemblyPDF
  • 09/05/25 - EnrolledPDF
  • 10/12/25 - ChapteredPDF
  • SB281HTML

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AB 2669Pleas: immigration.Mike GipsonDReferred to committeeIn progressApr 21, 2026In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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