CA AB 1578
enactedState agency officials: training on responding to hate: local agency officials: anti-hate speech training.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1578 pass?
Yes. CA AB 1578 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 1578 about?
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act makes specified employment practices unlawful, including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the employer with the employer's knowledge. Under existing law, the Civil Rights Department administers these provisions. Existing law requires a specified employer with 5 or more employees to, by January 1, 2021, provide at least 2 hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all nonsupervisory employees in California and, after that date, once every 2 years. Existing law requires an employer to include prevention of abusive conduct as a component of that training and education. This bill would require, beginning on January 1, 2028, if a state agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a state agency official of that agency, that all state agency officials of that agency receive training on responding to hate, as prescribed. The bill would define "state agency official" to mean a state elected official for that purpose. The bill would require at least one hour of training and education for a state agency official within the first 6 months of taking office or commencing employment, and every 2 years thereafter. The bill would authorize a state agency or an association of state agencies to offer one or more training courses, or sets of self-study materials with tests, to meet these requirements. The bill would authorize a state agency to develop its own training that meets the requirements or direct elected officials to complete a training developed by the department. The bill would require the department to develop or obtain an online training course on responding to hate and make the course available on its internet website. Existing law requires local agency officials, as defined, to receive sexual harassment prevention training and education if the local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to those officials. Existing law requires the training and education to include practical examples aimed at instructing the local agency official in the prevention of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. This bill would additionally require, beginning on January 1, 2028, the above-described training and education to include for any elected local agency official, as a component of the training and education, anti-hate speech training, as described. The bill would authorize an elected local agency official to take a training developed for state agency officials pursuant to the bill to satisfy the anti-hate speech training requirement. By imposing new requirements on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. 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.
Who sponsors CA AB 1578?
Jackson is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1578, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act makes specified employment practices unlawful, including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the employer with the employer's knowledge. Under existing law, the Civil Rights Department administers these provisions. Existing law requires a specified employer with 5 or more employees to, by January 1, 2021, provide at least 2 hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all nonsupervisory employees in California and, after that date, once every 2 years. Existing law requires an employer to include prevention of abusive conduct as a component of that training and education. This bill would require, beginning on January 1, 2028, if a state agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to a state agency official of that agency, that all state agency officials of that agency receive training on responding to hate, as prescribed. The bill would define "state agency official" to mean a state elected official for that purpose. The bill would require at least one hour of training and education for a state agency official within the first 6 months of taking office or commencing employment, and every 2 years thereafter. The bill would authorize a state agency or an association of state agencies to offer one or more training courses, or sets of self-study materials with tests, to meet these requirements. The bill would authorize a state agency to develop its own training that meets the requirements or direct elected officials to complete a training developed by the department. The bill would require the department to develop or obtain an online training course on responding to hate and make the course available on its internet website. Existing law requires local agency officials, as defined, to receive sexual harassment prevention training and education if the local agency provides any type of compensation, salary, or stipend to those officials. Existing law requires the training and education to include practical examples aimed at instructing the local agency official in the prevention of sexual harassment, discrimination, and retaliation. This bill would additionally require, beginning on January 1, 2028, the above-described training and education to include for any elected local agency official, as a component of the training and education, anti-hate speech training, as described. The bill would authorize an elected local agency official to take a training developed for state agency officials pursuant to the bill to satisfy the anti-hate speech training requirement. By imposing new requirements on local agencies, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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. 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.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-06
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Jacksonauthor
- Lowenthalprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.).
2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 17.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 6911.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-26
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-06-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-03
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and G.O.
referral-committee
2026-05-27
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 5293.)
2026-05-22
Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1578.)
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-16
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-04-16
Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4663.)
2026-04-16
(Pending re-refer to Com. on G.O.)
referral-committee
2026-04-07
Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
referral-committee
2026-04-06
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-09
Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and G.O.
referral-committee
2026-01-13
From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2026-01-12
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 01/12/26 - Introduced — 2026-01-12Compare
- 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
- 05/22/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-22Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
- 08/26/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-26Compare
- 09/03/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-03Compare
- 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]
2026-04-15 · pass · 8-2
Member-level votes (10)
- Wilson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ward: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Johnson: no
- Ta: no
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-22 · pass · 16-5
Member-level votes (22)
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Fong: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Soria: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Solache: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Dixon: no
- Davies: no
- Ta: no
- Gallagher: no
- Macedo: no
- Wallis: other
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
AB 1578 Jackson Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 58-18
Member-level votes (80)
- Ward: yes
- Patel: yes
- Hart: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lee: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Haney: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Soria: yes
- Papan: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Krell: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Flora: no
- Hadwick: no
- Lackey: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
- Macedo: no
- Ellis: no
- Castillo: no
- Chen: no
- DeMaio: no
- Gallagher: no
- Davies: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Johnson: no
- Tangipa: no
- Sanchez: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Alanis: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Muratsuchi: other
- Wallis: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization]
2026-06-17 · pass · 4-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Laird: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Choi: no
- Ashby: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 11-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Rubio: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Dahle: no
- Valladares: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Alvarado-Gil: other
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