AB 281 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education: outside consultants.

Summary
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. The act authorizes a school district to provide that education earlier than grade 7 with age-appropriate and medically accurate information. The act authorizes a school district to provide sexual health education and HIV prevention to be taught by an outside consultant, and to hold an assembly to deliver that education by guest speakers. Under the act, if a school district exercises that authorization, the school district is required to provide notice of the date of instruction, name of the organization or affiliation of each guest speaker, and information stating the right of the parent or guardian to request a copy of various laws, as specified. This bill would require a school district, if it elects to provide sexual health education or HIV prevention education to be taught by outside consultants, to also provide notice of the name of the organization or affiliation of the outside consultants.
Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 22, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026
Maddy AI version diff · 2 comparisons

What changed between versions

03/17/25 - Amended Assembly AB281 · 1 edit
MINOR
This diff reflects a change in document presentation format rather than a substantive policy change. The bill text of AB 281 (amending Section 51938 of the Education Code regarding comprehensive sexual health education and HIV prevention education) is substantively identical between the two versions. The old version was a formatted legislative document, while the new version is a web page rendering that includes navigation elements, search tools, and metadata links.
TECHNICAL

The bill text was re-rendered from a plain legislative document format into a web page layout with added navigation elements (skip to content, home, accessibility, FAQ, feedback, sitemap, login), quick search fields, and version tracking links. No changes to the actual statutory language of Section 51938 or Section 2 were made.

Floor votes

How they voted

No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
14
Key actions
4
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.) (April 9).
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
lower
Mar 18, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to Com. on ED.
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Introduced
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
lower
Mar 12, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Set, first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on ED.
lower
Jan 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of James Gallagher
James Gallagher
RRepublican
CA
3