California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California SB937: Law enforcement: flash-bang grenades and explosive breaching charges.
Status: Chaptered, September 29, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 13652 and 13652.1 of, and to add Section 13652.2 to, the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement. law enforcement Law enforcement: flash-bang grenades and explosive breaching charges. Existing law prohibits the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards…
From the chaptered text, September 29, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 13652 and 13652.1 of, and to add Section 13652.2 to, the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement. law enforcement Law enforcement: flash-bang grenades and explosive breaching charges. Existing law prohibits the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards. Existing law requires kinetic energy projectiles and chemical agents only to be deployed by a peace officer that has received proper training for crowd control, as specified, or to bring an objectively dangerous and unlawful situation safely and effectively under control and only in accordance with certain requirements, including that de-escalation techniques have been attempted and have failed, kinetic energy projectiles are not aimed at the head, neck, or any other vital organs, and, if the chemical agent to be deployed is tear gas, only a commanding officer at the scene of the assembly, protest, or demonstration may authorize the use of tear gas. This bill would expand the above prohibition and exception to include flash-bang grenades, as defined. The bill would define law enforcement agency as any department or agency of the state or any local government, special district, or other political subdivision thereof, that employs any peace officer, as defined, or any federal law enforcement agency. …
Sponsors
- Lena Gonzalez (D, SD33) · primary sponsor
- Scott Wiener (D, SD11)
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 754, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
- : Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 11. Page 5855.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 11.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- : In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 18. Page 6496.) Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
- : Read third time and amended.
- : Ordered to third reading.
Votes
- Unfinished Business SB937 Gonzalez et al. Concurrence (August 26, 2026): 29 yea, 11 nay, passed
- SB 937 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By Mark González (August 25, 2026): 57 yea, 18 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended. (August 13, 2026): 11 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (June 23, 2026): 7 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Senate 3rd Reading SB937 Gonzalez (May 27, 2026): 29 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (May 14, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is SB937?
- SB937 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Law enforcement: flash-bang grenades and explosive breaching charges.
- What does SB937 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend Sections 13652 and 13652.1 of, and to add Section 13652.2 to, the Penal Code, relating to law enforcement. law enforcement Law enforcement: flash-bang grenades and explosive breaching charges. Existing law prohibits the use of kinetic energy projectiles or chemical agents by any law enforcement agency to disperse any assembly, protest, or demonstration, except in compliance with specified standards…
- What is the status of SB937?
- Chaptered as of September 29, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 754, Statutes of 2026. (September 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored SB937?
- Lena Gonzalez (D, SD33), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for SB937?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB937
Source: official California record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.