California SB 1379: County of Riverside: separation of county offices: in-custody reports.

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 SB-1379 County of Riverside: separation of county offices: in-custody reports.(2025-2026)

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 Date Published: 06/23/2026 09:00 PM

SB1379:v95#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Revised
 July 01, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 June 23, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 June 09, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 April 23, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 March 25, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Senate Bill

No. 1379

Introduced by Senator Cervantes
(Coauthor: Assembly Member Sharp-Collins)

February 20, 2026

An act to add Section 24309 to the Government Code, relating to local government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 1379, as amended, Cervantes.
 County of Riverside: separation of county offices: in-custody reports.

Existing law generally regulates the government of counties. Existing law authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to consolidate the duties of various county offices in various combinations, including combining the duties of the sheriff and the coroner. Existing law also authorizes the board of supervisors of a county to separate the duties of consolidated offices.

This bill would require the board of supervisors for the County of Riverside to separate the offices of sheriff and coroner by July 1, 2027. 2027, as specified. The bill would require the county’s board of supervisors to take certain actions with respect to medicolegal death investigation
 services. The bill would prohibit a person other than the county’s coroner or a medical examiner from signing specified documents. The bill would require the county to publish specified information regarding in-custody persons on its internet website.

This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for County of Riverside.

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. By requiring the county to provide a higher level of service, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement
 for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

 Vote:
 MAJORITY 
 Appropriation:
 NO 
 Fiscal Committee:
 YES 
 Local Program:
 YES 

Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

 Section 24309 is added to the Government Code, to read:

24309.

 (a) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors for the county.

(2) “County” means the County of Riverside.

(3) “In-custody death” means the death of a person who is any of the following:

(A) Detained, under arrest, or is in the process of being arrested by the county sheriff’s office.

(B) Is en En
 route to be incarcerated by the county sheriff’s office.

(C) Is incarcerated Incarcerated at a county jail.

(D) Is at At a medical facility while in custody of the county sheriff’s office.

(4) “Recognized employee organization” has the same meaning as defined in Section 3501.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the board of supervisors shall separate the offices of sheriff and coroner by July 1, 2027.

(c) The board of supervisors shall do both of the following for medicolegal death investigation services:

(1) Move the services to the coroner’s office.

(2) Require the use of an independent medical examiner model for the services.

(d) A person other than the coroner or a medical examiner shall not sign either of the following:

(1) A death certificate.

(2) Any portion of a postmortem examination.

(e) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, both of the following apply to an employee represented by a recognized employee organization on the date the act adding this paragraph is enacted who is transferred, reassigned, reclassified, retitled, or moved to a different office or agency as a result of this section:

(A) They shall remain within the same recognized bargaining unit.

(B) They shall con