Public safety omnibus.

Bill header changed from enrolled format (with Senate/Assembly passage dates and Governor's receipt line) to chaptered format with 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' and 'CHAPTER 160' designation.

Approval date added: '[Approved by Governor August 27, 2026. Filed with Secretary of State August 27, 2026.]'

Page headers changed from 'SB 1427 - [page] - ' format to 'Ch. 160 - [page] - ' format throughout the document.

Section 68514(b) of the Government Code was changed from requiring the Judicial Council to separately list fines and fees 'assessed in a year before the current reporting year' to 'assessed before the current reporting year.' This broadens the reporting requirement to cover all prior years with outstanding balances, not just the single year immediately preceding the reporting year.

Section 68514(a)(9) of the Government Code removed 'benchmarks' from the list of items courts must report on regarding their collection program performance. The text now reads 'collections best practices and performance metrics' instead of 'collections best practices and performance measures and benchmarks, metrics.'

The enrolled version removes line numbering, reorganizes the document into a standard CHAPTER format, adds Senate passage date (May 14, 2026) and Assembly passage date (August 13, 2026), adds governor receipt language, and removes the amendment history. The digest was updated to remove 'as amended' from the bill title reference.

New Government Code Section 68514 requires the Judicial Council to report annually (by December 31) to the Department of Finance, Legislature, and Joint Legislative Budget Committee on total revenue collected from criminal fines, fees, forfeitures, penalties, restitution fines, and assessments related to infractions, misdemeanors, and felonies. The report must include 10 specific data points such as nondelinquent vs. delinquent collections, amounts dismissed or satisfied without payment, collection activities used, operating costs per activity, default rates, and performance against best practices benchmarks.

The new reporting section requires the Judicial Council to separately list fines and fees assessed in a prior year that still had outstanding balances in the current reporting year, removing any time limitation on how far back those outstanding balances must be tracked.

The bill's scope was expanded to include amendments to Government Code Section 68514 and Penal Code Section 1463.007 (comprehensive collection programs). The digest now states that the collection program must be administered by a county and superior court working in cooperation, may contract with specified entities, and may accept payment by credit or debit card, electronic funds transfer, or other online payment method.

The legislative counsel's digest was reorganized into numbered paragraphs (1) through (7) to accommodate the new content. Section numbering throughout the bill shifted by one due to the insertion of the new Government Code section as Section 2.

Removed amendments to Government Code Section 30061 and Welfare and Institutions Code Section 1961, which dealt with conservatorship proceedings for gravely disabled persons. Added amendment to W&I Code Section 871.5 (threats against public officers).

Added a provision clarifying that existing laws prohibiting controlled substances, firearms, weapons, explosives, tear gas, and alcoholic beverages in county juvenile halls, ranches, camps, and forestry camps also apply to secure youth treatment facilities located within a juvenile hall.

Removed the provision that would have changed the juvenile justice plan and Youthful Offender Block Grant Fund development plan submission deadline from May 1 to May 2 of each year.

In the FACTS Act (Government Code 27491.56), changed the requirement for county boards of supervisors from 'annually select' to simply 'select' service agreements with independent medical examination providers, removing the annual renewal obligation.

In Penal Code Section 17(c), changed 'defendant person' to 'person' when referring to someone committed to a secure youth treatment facility, a gender-neutral language correction.

Fiscal committee determination changed from 'no' to 'yes' and state-mandated local program determination changed from 'no' to 'yes,' indicating the bill now carries fiscal implications requiring reimbursement analysis.

The bill now amends Section 27491.56 of the Government Code (FACTS Act of 2025), Sections 17, 1370, 1524.2, and 26202 of the Penal Code, in addition to the original amendments to Government Code Section 30061 and Welfare and Institutions Code Section 1961.

Section 1524.2 of the Penal Code broadens the definition of 'foreign corporation' for search warrant service purposes to include any corporation that transacts intrastate business (except a California corporation), and broadens 'properly served' to include any means reasonably calculated to give actual notice for recipients not qualified to do business in California.

Removes the requirement that county boards of supervisors annually enter into service agreements with independent coroners or private third-party medical examination providers for in-custody death investigations. The agreements are no longer required to be renewed each year.

Section 1370 of the Penal Code is substantially rewritten to add multiple options when a defendant is found mentally incompetent and restoration to competence is not in the interests of justice: mental health diversion (up to 2 years), assisted outpatient treatment referral, CARE program referral, conservatorship proceedings referral, or reinstatement of competency proceedings. Each option includes specific timelines for hearings and automatic release on own recognizance if deadlines are missed.

The definition of 'gravely disabled' in the context of mental incompetence proceedings is clarified to include meeting either or both of two definitions: inability to provide for basic personal needs, or being found mentally incompetent with specified facts about inability to understand proceedings and assist counsel.

Section 26202 of the Penal Code now requires an in-person or virtual interview for all concealed carry license applicants (not just non-California residents), unless the application is for a renewal. This imposes a state-mandated local program on local governments.

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

The juvenile justice plan and Youthful Offender Block Grant plan submission deadlines are changed from May 1 to May 2 of each year (carried over from the original introduced version).