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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 509: Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression.

Vetoed Official data

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

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 509 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 19, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Office of Emergency Services: training: transnational repression. Primary sponsor: Anna Caballero (D). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 2, 2026): Veto sustained.

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, the California Emergency Services Act, establishes the Office of Emergency Services and vests the office with responsibility for the state’s emergency and disaster response services for natural, technological, or manmade disasters and emergencies, as specified. Existing law establishes the California Specialized Training Institute within the Office of Emergency Services.

This bill would require, on or before January 1, 2027, the Office of Emergency Services, through the California Specialized Training Institute, to develop a transnational repression recognition and response training, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Anna CaballeroPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate14
Jasmeet BainsCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly35
Esmeralda SoriaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly27

“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. Veto sustained.
  2. Stricken from file.
  3. In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
  4. Vetoed by the Governor.
  5. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
  6. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2882.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  7. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  8. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 0. Page 3176.) Ordered to the Senate.
  9. Ordered to third reading.
  10. Read third time and amended.
  11. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  12. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 29).

Sources

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