CaliforniaCal State and community colleges will extend LGBTQ+ contacts beyond main campuses
Cal State and community colleges will make a named contact available to LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, and students at sites beyond main campuses.
What it does
When the law takes effect, Cal State and community colleges must offer LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, and students a contact at sites beyond main campuses. Schools may assign another worker or offer regular office hours with the main campus contact.
If a state panel finds that this law forces local agencies or school districts to spend money, the state must repay eligible costs under existing rules.
Argument forLGBTQ+ students and workers beyond main campuses could find someone to contact more easily because schools must post that person's details at each site.
Argument againstRegular office hours at more sites could take community college staff time, while state repayment depends on a cost ruling.
More detail
Cal State trustees and community college district boards must make an employee available as a contact at sites beyond main campuses. This covers LGBTQ+ faculty, staff, and students at branch campuses, satellite locations, and other sites beyond the main campus. Schools may assign another employee or have the main campus contact hold regular virtual or in-person office hours at the other site. They must post the contact's name and details on that site's website and in its directories. UC is covered only if its regents approve.
The state must repay eligible local costs under existing reimbursement rules. This covers eligible costs to local agencies and school districts. The Commission on State Mandates must first find that the law imposes state-required costs. Payments follow existing reimbursement rules.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 26Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Sep 26Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 28Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 24Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5692.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Major
- Vote recorded Unfinished Business SB1328 Cervantes Concurrence. Result: pass.Upper
- Aug 20In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- Vote recorded SB 1328 Cervantes Senate Third Reading By Solache. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 20Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 6303.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Aug 13Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Lower
- Aug 13From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 13).Minor
- Aug 13Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
- Aug 5August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- Jun 25Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Major
- Jun 24From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 23).Major
- Jun 23
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 15From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.Major
- May 26Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.Minor
- May 20In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- May 19Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 4355.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded 3rd Reading. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 14From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4273.) (May 14).Minor
- May 8Set for hearing May 14.
- May 4May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 24Set for hearing May 4.
- Apr 22From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 4008.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 13From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.Major
- Apr 10Set for hearing April 22.
- Mar 4Referred to Com. on ED.Minor
- Feb 23Read first time.Minor
- Feb 23From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced
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