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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session
SB281Pleas: immigration advisement.
Direction
Immigration enforcementotherAI label
=No change to immigration enforcementmodel confidence 80%
Requires courts to give a specific verbatim immigration-consequences warning before accepting a guilty or nolo contendere plea, and clarifies the presumption and remedies for failure to advise, so defendants facing criminal charges receive more standardized notice of potential immigration effects.
Prior to acceptance of a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to any offense punishable as a crime under state law, except offenses designated as infractions under state law, the court shall administer the following advisement verbatim on the record to the defendant: If you are not a citizen of the United States, you are hereby advised that conviction of the offense for which you have been charged may have the consequences of deportation, exclusion from admission to the United States, or denial of naturalization pursuant to the laws of the United States.
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Governor (completed)
Law
Stage: Law · step 6 of 6
Last action
2025-10-12: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 666, Statutes of 2025.
Why the model tagged it this way: The bill only amends the required pre-plea immigration advisement in state criminal procedure (verbatim wording, presumption of non-advisement, and non-retroactive effect for the verbatim change). It does not alter state or local cooperation with federal immigration authorities, sanctuary policies, state immigration crimes, E-Verify, detention, or any other enforcement mechanism, so it is tagged only under immigration-enforcement/other with neutral direction.
Related bills
AB1655CalWORKs: temporary absence: immigration detention.↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
AB1807Immigration enforcement: use of state-owned property.↓Restricts immigration enforcement↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
AB1994Defending Immigrant Victims Act.↓Restricts immigration enforcement=No change to immigration enforcement Law
AB2495Unlawful immigration-related practices.↓Restricts immigration enforcement↓Restricts immigration enforcement Law
Hearings and calendar
2025-03-25 09:30 · Hearing · Senate Public Safety Hearing 1021 O Street, Room 2200
2025-06-17 09:00 · Hearing · Assembly Public Safety Hearing State Capitol, Room 126
Votes
Date
Chamber
Motion
Yea-Nay
2025-03-25
S
Do pass
5-1
Passed
2025-05-28
S
Senate 3rd Reading SB281 Pérez
28-10
Passed
2025-06-17
A
Do pass
7-2
Passed
2025-08-28
A
SB 281 Pérez Senate Third Reading By Gabriel
53-18
Passed
2025-09-03
S
Unfinished Business SB281 Pérez et al. Concurrence