CaliforniaSexual health.
What it does
(1) Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts, defined to include county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and charter schools, to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified.
More detail
This bill would authorize the State Department of Education to monitor compliance with the requirements of the California Healthy Youth Act as part of its annual compliance monitoring of state and federal programs.
(2) Existing law establishes the Office of School-Based Health Programs for the purpose of assisting local educational agencies regarding the current health-related programs under the purview of the State Department of Education including, among other duties, coordinating school health program activities with public health, social services, environmental, and local educational agencies, and other public and private entities.
This bill would prohibit a local educational agency, as defined, from prohibiting school-based health centers, as defined, that serve schools of the local educational agency from making internal and external condoms available and easily accessible to pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, at the school-based health center site and would require a school of a local educational agency to allow condoms to be made available to pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, during the course of, or in connection with, educational or public health programs and initiatives, as provided. To the extent the bill imposes additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) Under existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, the State Department of Public Health generally regulates the packaging, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A violation of those provisions is generally a crime. Existing law sets forth various other provisions relating to the furnishing and health care coverage of certain types of contraception.
This bill would, with certain exceptions, prohibit a retail establishment, as defined, from refusing to furnish nonprescription contraception to a person solely on the basis of age by means of any conduct, including, but not limited to, requiring the customer to present identification for purposes of demonstrating their age. Under the bill, a violation of that prohibition would be exempt from the above-described criminal penalty.
(4) 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.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
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History
- 2026
- Sep 27In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.Latest
- Sep 27Vetoed by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Major
- Aug 31Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 26Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 5914.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB608 Menjivar et al. Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 25In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 608 Menjivar Senate Third Reading By Elhawary. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 25Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 17. Page 6467.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 17Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Aug 13Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.Major
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 13).Major
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jul 1From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 30
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 22Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Major
- Jun 18From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 17).Major
- Jun 17
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Lower
- May 4Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH.Minor
- Jan 27In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading SB608 Menjivar et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 27Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3298.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Jan 22Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- Jan 22From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3269.) (January 22).Minor
- Jan 16Set for hearing January 22.
- 2025
- May 23May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
- May 16Set for hearing May 23.
- Apr 28April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 17Set for hearing April 28.
- Apr 10From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 737.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Apr 9
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 2From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 634.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Health]. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 28Set for hearing April 9 in HEALTH pending receipt.
- Mar 24From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.Major
- Mar 19Set for hearing April 2.
- Mar 5Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced