California lawmakers have sent Gov. Gavin Newsom three measures aimed at federal immigration-enforcement personnel and tactics. The bills were enrolled after clearing both chambers, but they had not become law as of September 14 and still required the governor’s signature.
Assembly Bill 1896, the GTFO Act, would generally make people who previously worked as sworn officers or contractors and personally conducted immigration enforcement ineligible for California state and local public employment beginning January 1, 2028. The bill includes an exception for applicants approved to enter a state-certified peace-officer training course after a suitability review, and it would require applicants to disclose covered immigration-enforcement work.
Assembly Bill 2760 would prohibit state, local and federal law-enforcement agencies from using glove-like wearable electroshock devices in California until January 1, 2030. It would also bar use of state funds to buy the devices, require agencies to update use-of-force policies and direct the state Justice Department to study their safety and community effects before the prohibition expires.
Senate Bill 1004 would expand California’s existing restrictions on officers concealing their faces to include peace officers employed by state agencies, while retaining exceptions for undercover work, tactical operations, health protection and other specified uses. A federal judge preliminarily blocked the earlier law’s mask ban because it covered federal and local officers but excluded state officers; the new bill addresses that unequal treatment, though legal questions about applying state rules to federal officers remain unresolved.
