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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1958: Criminal procedure: discrimination.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1958 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 13, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal procedure: discrimination. Primary sponsor: Ash Kalra (D). Most recent recorded action (May 28, 2026): Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 33. Noes 22. Page 5545.).

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law prohibits the state from seeking or obtaining a criminal conviction or sentence on the basis of race, ethnicity, or national origin, as specified. Existing law allows a defendant to establish a violation of these provisions under specified circumstances, including when a longer or more severe sentence was imposed on the defendant than was imposed on other similarly situated individuals convicted of the same offense and other specified conditions are met.

This bill would instead compare the defendant to similarly situated individuals who have engaged in similar conduct, as specified. The bill would make these provisions apply to disparities in plea negotiating and diversion, among other things.

Existing law authorizes a defendant in these cases to file a motion requesting disclosure to the defense of all evidence relevant to a potential violation of these provisions, as specified.

This bill would additionally authorize a defendant to request any data that has been previously disclosed pursuant to those provisions in another criminal case, and require the court to grant that request, unless the data has no relevance to the current charges.

The bill would also revise and recast definitions for these provisions.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ash KalraPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly25

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 33. Noes 22. Page 5545.).
  2. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  3. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 4.) (May 14).
  4. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  5. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  6. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  7. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
  8. Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  9. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended.
  10. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  11. From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
  12. Read first time. To print.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page