Wiener says gloves that "shock the heck out of" people are "super creepy" and he does not want them in "anyone's community"
Scott WienerCalifornia state senator, speaking in the Senate floor debate on AB 2760
On the Senate floor on August 31, 2026, Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) spoke in support of AB 2760 before the Senate's 29 to 9 vote. He said that "the idea of wearing these gloves that you touch people and you shock the heck out of them, that is super creepy," and that he does not want them "in my community or anyone's community." He went on to say that an officer wearing gloves that might shock could cause more resistance and escalation, that the bill has a sunset so the question can be evaluated with more research, and that he asked for an aye vote.
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Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins said the gloves are largely untested in real-world encounters, that a man died after being repeatedly shocked with them while in custody, and that public safety technology must be proven safe before it is deployed.
“I have to be honest, the idea of wearing these gloves that you touch people and you shock the heck out of them, that is super creepy. And I don't want those in my community or anyone's community.”
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Can California ban ICE and other federal agents from using electric shock gloves, as AB 2760 does?
On September 29, 2026, Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2760, which bars any law enforcement agency in California, including federal agencies such as U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), from using a wearable electroshock device, meaning a weapon worn as a glove that delivers an electric shock. The law applies to state, local and federal agencies, requires a state Department of Justice study by January 1, 2029, and is repealed on January 1, 2030. It followed ICE's August 2026 sole-source contract of $16,700,640 for G.L.O.V.E. gloves from Compliant Technologies. Newsom and the bill's author, Assemblymember LaShae Sharp-Collins, defend the ban, and Sharp-Collins says the gloves have not been proven safe. First Assistant U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli says California has no jurisdiction over federal agents and that he advised the Department of Homeland Security to disregard the law, and the department says it will not abide by it. Sacramento County Sheriff Jim Cooper, the California State Sheriffs' Association, Republican legislators and the gloves' maker oppose the ban as unwise, and two UC Davis law professors say California likely lacks the power to bind federal officers. The disputed question is whether California can ban federal agents from using electric shock gloves. As of October 1, 2026, no court had ruled on AB 2760, and we found no lawsuit against it.
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The Senate floor debate on AB 2760 on August 31, 2026 as archived by CalMatters Digital Democracy. The segment is Senator Scott Wiener's remarks in support. The Senate passed the bill 29 to 9 at the end of the debate.
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Roll calls for AB 2760. On the rewritten bill, Senate Public Safety voted 5-1 on August 26, Senate Appropriations 4-2 on August 27, the Senate floor 29-9 on August 31 and the Assembly concurred 55-16 on August 31. The earlier votes on the bill, including the Assembly's 51-7 vote on May 26, were on a different version about county inspectors general.
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Sen. Jesse Arreguín presented the bill. Sens. Susan Rubio, Akilah Weber Pierson and others spoke in support, and Sens. Tony Strickland, Kelly Seyarto and Suzette Martinez Valladares spoke against it. Wiener is the author of California's 2025 face-covering law and of SB 1004, which extends it to state officers.
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Arreguín closed the debate and the Senate passed the bill 29 to 9. The Assembly agreed to the Senate amendments 55 to 16 the same day. Newsom signed it on September 29. As of October 1, 2026, no court had ruled on AB 2760.
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Why this label?
Relative to the ban as applied to federal officers, Wiener supports the ban on safety and public-trust grounds and says he does not want the gloves in anyone's community. He does not address whether California has the power to bind federal officers, so this is a statement on the safety question. We used Defended or excused. The closest competing label is Mixed or conditional, because he notes the bill has a sunset and can be evaluated later, but he asks for a yes vote without conditioning his support.
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