Cal. Mil. & Vet. Code § 53.5
53.5
Effective Sep 17, 2025Added by Stats. 2025, Ch. 113, Sec. 31. (SB 160) Effective September 17, 2025.
- (a) The Military Department may require service members, employees, volunteers, contractors, and subcontractors to undergo a fingerprint-based state and national criminal history background check.
- (b) The Military Department shall submit to the Department of Justice fingerprint images and related information for individuals specified in subdivision (a) who are subject to a state and national criminal history background check, pursuant to subdivision (u) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code. The Department of Justice shall provide a state- or federal-level response pursuant to subdivision (p) of Section 11105 of the Penal Code.
- (c) As used in this section, “service member” means a member of the active militia as defined in Section 120 of the Military and Veterans Code.