AB 284 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Law enforcement: Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPA).

Summary
Existing law requires each state and local agency that employs peace officers to annually report to the Attorney General specified data on all stops conducted by that agency's peace officers for the preceding calendar year. Existing law defines "stop" for purposes of these provisions to mean any detention by a peace officer of a person or any peace officer interaction with a person in which the peace officer conducts a search of the person's body or property in the person's possession or control. Existing law requires the Attorney General to establish the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPA) for the purpose of eliminating racial and identity profiling and improving diversity and racial and identity sensitivity in law enforcement. Existing law requires RIPA to include various members, including 2 representatives of human or civil rights tax-exempt organizations, 2 representatives of community organizations, and 2 religious clergy members, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Governor, President pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the Assembly to each prescribe up to 2 other members to membership of RIPA. This bill would require RIPA to include in its membership the president of the California District Attorneys Association, or their designee. Existing law requires RIPA to issue a report annually that provides RIPA's analysis of, among other things, the reported stop data described above. Existing law also requires the report to provide detailed findings on the past and current status of racial identity profiling and to make policy recommendations for eliminating racial and identity profiling, as specified. This bill would authorize any member of RIPA to cause a dissenting opinion to be included in the report, as specified. The bill would additionally authorize RIPA to include a response to a dissenting opinion in its report.
Bill status failed 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026
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What changed between versions

01/22/25 - Introduced 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly · 9 edits · Mar 24, 2025
MAJOR
AB 284 was dramatically expanded from a purely technical fingerprinting database fix into a major law enforcement accountability bill. The amended version adds comprehensive stop data collection and reporting requirements for all state and local law enforcement agencies, restructures the Racial and Identity Profiling Advisory Board (RIPA) membership, and adds peer review and transparency provisions for RIPA's annual reports. This transforms the bill from a nonsubstantive correction into one with significant implications for police oversight and civil rights monitoring.
Scope change
The bill expanded from a single technical amendment to Penal Code Section 13000 (changing 'data base' to 'database') into a multi-section bill covering stop data collection and reporting under Government Code, racial profiling training and oversight under Penal Code Section 13519.4, and state mandate reimbursement. The scope now encompasses all state and local law enforcement agencies employing peace officers statewide.
SCOPE

Added Section 12525.5 of the Government Code requiring all state and local agencies employing peace officers to annually report detailed stop data to the Attorney General, including time, date, location, reason, result, perceived race/ethnicity/gender/age of the person stopped, and actions taken during the stop.

Changed RIPA board membership: added the President of the California District Attorneys Association and a POST member who is an active peace officer; reduced human rights organization representatives from 2 to 1, community organization representatives from 2 to 1, and religious clergy members from 2 to 1; removed the authority of the Governor, President pro Tempore of the Senate, and Speaker of the Assembly to each prescribe up to 2 additional members.

REQUIREMENT

Added a phased implementation timeline for stop data collection based on agency size: agencies with 1,000+ officers by July 2018, 667-999 by January 2019, 334-666 by January 2021, and 1-333 by January 2022.

Added a requirement that RIPA's annual report include an analysis of stops involving persons stopped in geographic locations different from where they live, work, or attend an educational institution.

DEFINITION

Added a definition of 'stop' that includes any detention or search interaction but excludes situations such as calls for service, legally required responses, persons actively being sought, detentions to prevent serious bodily injury or death, suspected serious or violent felonies, and directed agency responses.

ENFORCEMENT

Added a requirement that RIPA's annual report be subject to peer review by two separate entities before publication, with at least one entity selected collectively by specific RIPA members (police chiefs, sheriffs, peace officers research association, and highway patrol representatives).

Added a provision allowing any RIPA member to cause a dissenting opinion to be included in the annual report, including conclusions or recommendations that differ from the majority view.

FISCAL

Added a state mandate reimbursement provision requiring the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for costs mandated by the bill if the Commission on State Mandates determines such costs exist.

TECHNICAL

Changed the fiscal committee designation from 'no' to 'yes' and the state-mandated local program designation from 'no' to 'yes', reflecting the new reporting obligations imposed on local agencies.

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Actions timeline

Total actions
15
Key actions
8
Committee
10
Amendments
3
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
lower
Jan 22, 2026
Lower · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
lower
May 5, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
May 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read second time and amended.
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Introduced
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 29).
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
lower
Mar 25, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
lower
Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Juan Alanis
RRepublican
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