SB 841: Immigration enforcement.

Official summary

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

The State Housing Law, among other things, requires the Department of Housing and Community Development to adopt, amend, or repeal rules and regulations for the protection of the health, safety, and general welfare of the occupant and the public relating to specified residential structures. Existing law provides for the inspection of homeless shelters and makes a violation of these provisions a crime.

Existing law requires the Office of Emergency Services to, in collaboration with an advisory committee, administer sexual assault/rape crisis center victim services programs and provide grants to proposed and existing sexual assault services programs that are operating a local rape victim center.

Existing law requires domestic violence shelter-based program staff to work with social service agencies, schools, and law enforcement agencies in an advocacy capacity.

This bill, the Keep Safe Spaces Safe Act, would prohibit, to the extent possible, an employee of a homeless shelter, rape crisis center, domestic violence shelter, family justice center, or human trafficking service provider from allowing access to the nonpublic areas of those facilities, except as required by state or federal law, for immigration enforcement activity, as defined, unless specified criteria are met, including a valid judicial warrant. This bill would provide that its provisions are severable. By creating a new crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

“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. September 9, 2025Ordered to inactive file on request of Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry.
2. August 21, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
3. August 20, 2025From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 20).
4. July 16, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
5. July 16, 2025Coauthors revised.
6. June 24, 2025From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.
7. June 19, 2025From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
8. June 12, 2025From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
9. June 9, 2025Referred to Coms. on JUD. and PUB. S.
10. June 4, 2025In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
11. June 3, 2025Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 0. Page 1463.) Ordered to the Assembly.
12. May 13, 2025Read second time. Ordered to third reading.