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CA AB 935

enacted

State agencies: complaints: demographic data.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 935 pass?

Yes. CA AB 935 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 717, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 935 about?

(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and implement a system of complaint processing, known as the Uniform Complaint Procedures, for specified educational programs, and requires the State Department of Education to review those regulations pertaining to uniform complaint procedures for specified types of complaints, including those that allege unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying against any protected group, as provided. Existing law requires the department to, on or before March 31, 2019, commence rulemaking proceedings to revise those regulations, as necessary, to conform to specified provisions. Beginning July 1, 2026, this bill would require, upon receipt by the department of a complaint subject to the Uniform Complaint Procedures that alleges unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, the Superintendent to collect specified information, including, among other things, a description of the complaint received. The bill would require the Superintendent to create and post on the department's internet website a summary report of the data described above. (2) Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, among other things, establishes the Civil Rights Department and authorizes it to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging various civil rights violations, including violations of provisions regarding individuals with disabilities. Existing law, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Disparities Reduction Act, requires the Civil Rights Department, among other specified state entities, in the course of collecting demographic data directly or by contract as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians, to collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics/intersex status, as specified. Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. This bill would require the Civil Rights Department to collect, for a complaint received, certain demographic information, including the ethnicity, race, and gender of the individual submitting the complaint, and certain information related to the complaint. The bill would require the department, commencing July 1, 2027, to publish a summary report no later than October 1 of each year of the compiled information for the preceding calendar year on its internet website. This bill would require, for any information or data acquired pursuant to the bill's provisions, that information or data to be confidential and protected from public disclosure, including disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, except that the information may be disclosable pursuant to that act to the same extent as the underlying complaint. The bill would also prohibit the above-described summary reports, dashboards, and transmitted data from containing any personally identifying information about any individual. The bill would require information in the summary reports, dashboards, and transmitted data to be sufficiently deidentified to prevent the identification of the individuals involved in a complaint. (3) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Who sponsors CA AB 935?

Ransom is the primary sponsor of CA AB 935, joined by 11 cosponsors.

Description

(1) Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to establish and implement a system of complaint processing, known as the Uniform Complaint Procedures, for specified educational programs, and requires the State Department of Education to review those regulations pertaining to uniform complaint procedures for specified types of complaints, including those that allege unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying against any protected group, as provided. Existing law requires the department to, on or before March 31, 2019, commence rulemaking proceedings to revise those regulations, as necessary, to conform to specified provisions. Beginning July 1, 2026, this bill would require, upon receipt by the department of a complaint subject to the Uniform Complaint Procedures that alleges unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, the Superintendent to collect specified information, including, among other things, a description of the complaint received. The bill would require the Superintendent to create and post on the department's internet website a summary report of the data described above. (2) Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, among other things, establishes the Civil Rights Department and authorizes it to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging various civil rights violations, including violations of provisions regarding individuals with disabilities. Existing law, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Disparities Reduction Act, requires the Civil Rights Department, among other specified state entities, in the course of collecting demographic data directly or by contract as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians, to collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics/intersex status, as specified. Existing law, the California Public Records Act, generally requires public records to be open for inspection by the public. Existing law provides numerous exceptions to this requirement. This bill would require the Civil Rights Department to collect, for a complaint received, certain demographic information, including the ethnicity, race, and gender of the individual submitting the complaint, and certain information related to the complaint. The bill would require the department, commencing July 1, 2027, to publish a summary report no later than October 1 of each year of the compiled information for the preceding calendar year on its internet website. This bill would require, for any information or data acquired pursuant to the bill's provisions, that information or data to be confidential and protected from public disclosure, including disclosure pursuant to the California Public Records Act, except that the information may be disclosable pursuant to that act to the same extent as the underlying complaint. The bill would also prohibit the above-described summary reports, dashboards, and transmitted data from containing any personally identifying information about any individual. The bill would require information in the summary reports, dashboards, and transmitted data to be sufficiently deidentified to prevent the identification of the individuals involved in a complaint. (3) Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 717, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Ransomauthor
  • Bontacoauthor
  • Bryancoauthor
  • Elhawarycoauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor
  • Jacksoncoauthor
  • McKinnorcoauthor
  • Sharp-Collinscoauthor
  • Wilsoncoauthor
  • Richardsoncoauthor
  • Smallwood-Cuevascoauthor
  • Weber Piersoncoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  3. 2025-03-24

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.

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  4. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and ED.

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  5. 2025-03-25

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  6. 2025-04-08

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  7. 2025-05-01

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 30).

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  8. 2025-05-05

    Read second time and amended.

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  9. 2025-05-06

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-06-03

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 10. Page 1984.)

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  14. 2025-06-04

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

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  15. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on JUD. and ED.

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  16. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 1).

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  17. 2025-07-03

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  18. 2025-07-17

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (July 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  20. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  21. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  22. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  23. 2025-09-04

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  24. 2025-09-05

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  25. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  26. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 2728.).

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  27. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  28. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 12. Page 3202.).

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  29. 2025-09-22

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

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  30. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  31. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 717, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 05/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-05Compare
  • 07/03/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-03Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • AB935Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Education]

    2025-04-08 · pass · 9-1

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Zbur: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: other
    • Sanchez: other

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

    2025-04-30 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Garcia: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Castillo: other
    • Hoover: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: other
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 935 Ransom Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-03 · pass · 62-10

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Berman: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Ta: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Flora: other
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Education]

    2025-07-01 · pass · 11-1

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Valladares: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-16 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Choi: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • 3rd Reading AB935 Ransom et al. By Weber Pierson

    2025-09-09 · pass · 30-9

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Niello: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Grove: no
    • Jones: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Alvarado-Gil: no
    • Valladares: other

  • AB 935 Ransom Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 62-12

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Flora: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Hoover: other
    • Tangipa: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Chen: other
    • Ta: other

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