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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 4: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program.

Passed one chamber 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

SB 4 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on December 2, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program. Primary sponsor: Sabrina Cervantes (D). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (August 29, 2025): August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.

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 establishes the Department of Justice, and makes the department responsible, in part, for overseeing statewide criminal justice programs.

Existing law requires the Department of Justice to provide technical assistance to local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments relating to, among other things, providing guidance for law enforcement education and training on policing and criminal investigations on Indian lands, providing guidance on improving crime reporting, crime statistics, criminal procedures, and investigative tools, and facilitating and supporting improved communication between local law enforcement agencies and tribal governments.

This bill would establish a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Persons Justice Program within and under the discretion of the Department of Justice. The bill would impose specified responsibilities on the program, including facilitating collaboration and acting as a liaison between tribal victims’ families, tribal governments, and federal, tribal, state, and out-of-state law enforcement agencies, where appropriate, regarding active and inactive cases involving missing and murdered indigenous persons in California, including cases involving human trafficking. The bill, until January 1, 2028, would require the program to submit an annual report to both houses of the Legislature containing, among other things, data on the number of and facts about cases involving missing and murdered indigenous persons in California.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 4

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Sabrina CervantesPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate31
James RamosCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly45
Laura RichardsonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate35
Pilar SchiavoCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly40

“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. August 29 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
  2. July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  3. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  4. Referred to Com. on PUB. S.
  5. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
  6. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1371.) Ordered to the Assembly.
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
  9. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1186.) (May 23).
  10. Set for hearing May 23.
  11. April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
  12. Set for hearing April 7.

Sources

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