Bill Commons

CA AB 1928

enacted

Sex equity: sexual harassment complaints.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1928 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1928 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1928 about?

Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to discrimination, which includes sexual harassment, under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2022, except as specified, the governing board or body of a postsecondary educational institution that receives state financial assistance to provide students with procedural protections relating to complaints of sexual harassment, including the requirement to adopt and publish on its internet website grievance procedures providing for the prompt and equitable resolution of sexual harassment complaints filed by a student against an employee or another student. Existing law requires that the grievance procedures afford both student parties the opportunity to each have a support person or adviser accompany the student party during any stage of the process. This bill would instead require that the grievance procedures afford each student party the opportunity to have a support person and an advisor of their choice accompany the student party during any stage of the process, as specified. The bill would also require the governing board or body of a postsecondary educational institution that receives state financial assistance and state student financial aid to allow each complainant or respondent of a sexual harassment complaint to have a support person, in addition to an advisor, accompany the parties of a sexual harassment complaint during the grievance procedures that provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of sexual harassment complaints pursuant to the above-described procedural protections for students or Title IX, as specified. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the 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 1928?

Fong is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1928, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Description

Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to discrimination, which includes sexual harassment, under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. Existing law requires, no later than January 1, 2022, except as specified, the governing board or body of a postsecondary educational institution that receives state financial assistance to provide students with procedural protections relating to complaints of sexual harassment, including the requirement to adopt and publish on its internet website grievance procedures providing for the prompt and equitable resolution of sexual harassment complaints filed by a student against an employee or another student. Existing law requires that the grievance procedures afford both student parties the opportunity to each have a support person or adviser accompany the student party during any stage of the process. This bill would instead require that the grievance procedures afford each student party the opportunity to have a support person and an advisor of their choice accompany the student party during any stage of the process, as specified. The bill would also require the governing board or body of a postsecondary educational institution that receives state financial assistance and state student financial aid to allow each complainant or respondent of a sexual harassment complaint to have a support person, in addition to an advisor, accompany the parties of a sexual harassment complaint during the grievance procedures that provide for the prompt and equitable resolution of sexual harassment complaints pursuant to the above-described procedural protections for students or Title IX, as specified. By imposing new duties on community college districts, the 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
2026-04-08
Latest action
2026-08-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Fongauthor
  • Corteseprincipal coauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-27

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 134, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-08-27

    Approved by the Governor.

    executive-signature

  3. 2026-08-18

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-11

    In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.

    committee-passage

  5. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  6. 2026-08-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5322.).

    passage,reading-1,reading-3

  7. 2026-08-04

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

    reading-1,reading-2

  8. 2026-08-03

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

    committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2

  9. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  10. 2026-06-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee

  11. 2026-05-27

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

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  12. 2026-05-14

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  13. 2026-05-14

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5054.)

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  14. 2026-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  15. 2026-05-06

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  16. 2026-04-22

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2026-04-13

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

    referral-committee

  18. 2026-04-09

    Read second time and amended.

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  19. 2026-04-08

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 7).

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  20. 2026-03-02

    Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  21. 2026-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  22. 2026-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/13/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-13Compare
  • 04/09/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-09Compare
  • 08/12/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-12Compare
  • 08/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-08-27Compare
  • AB1928Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2026-04-07 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • DeMaio: yes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-04-21 · pass · 12-0

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Stefani: yes

  • Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

    2026-05-06 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Arambula: other

  • AB 1928 Fong Consent Calendar Second Day

    2026-05-14 · pass · 77-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Arambula: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Flora: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-10 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Niello: yes

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1928

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