CA SB 1328
enactedPublic postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: campus contact.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1328 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1328 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-26): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1328 about?
The Equity in Higher Education Act establishes the policy of the state to afford all persons, regardless of specified characteristics, including gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state. The act requires the Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of a community colleges district, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to designate an employee at each of their respective campuses as a point of contact for the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, transgender, gender-nonconforming, intersex, and two-spirit faculty, staff, and students. This bill would require the trustees and the governing board of a community college district, and would request the regents, to also designate an employee as a point of contact for the needs of the above-described faculty, staff, and students of a branch campus, satellite location, or site other than the main campus, as specified. The bill would define "branch campus," "satellite location," and "main campus" for this purpose. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on a community college district, 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 SB 1328?
Cervantes is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1328.
Description
The Equity in Higher Education Act establishes the policy of the state to afford all persons, regardless of specified characteristics, including gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state. The act requires the Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of a community colleges district, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to designate an employee at each of their respective campuses as a point of contact for the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, transgender, gender-nonconforming, intersex, and two-spirit faculty, staff, and students. This bill would require the trustees and the governing board of a community college district, and would request the regents, to also designate an employee as a point of contact for the needs of the above-described faculty, staff, and students of a branch campus, satellite location, or site other than the main campus, as specified. The bill would define "branch campus," "satellite location," and "main campus" for this purpose. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on a community college district, 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
- 2026-02-20
- Latest action
- 2026-09-26 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Cervantesauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-26
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-26
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-28
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-24
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5692.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-20
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-20
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 6303.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 13).
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2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-25
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-24
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 23).
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2026-06-15
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 4355.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4273.) (May 14).
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2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4008.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-13
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 22.
2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on ED.
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2026-02-23
Read first time.
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2026-02-23
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2026-02-20
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
- 04/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-13Compare
- 06/15/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-15Compare
- 06/25/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-25Compare
- 08/25/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-25Compare
- 09/26/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-26Compare
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Votes
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-22 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Reyes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Choi: no
- Ochoa Bogh: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading
2026-05-19 · pass · 30-7
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Laird: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Strickland: no
- Grove: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Dahle: no
- Jones: no
- Choi: no
- Seyarto: no
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Valladares: other
- Niello: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-23 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Jackson: yes
- DeMaio: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
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