AB 972 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Postsecondary education: discrimination: sex.

Summary

Existing law prohibits a person from being subjected to discrimination on the basis of specified characteristics, including, among others, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation in a program or activity conducted by a postsecondary educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance or enrolls students who receive state student financial aid. This bill would expressly include sex in the list of specified characteristics.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

May 2025

Assembly Passage

May 2025

Senate Passage

Governor

Introduced Feb 20, 2025 Last action May 28, 2025

Floor votes · Assembly May 15, 2025

How they voted

57–8

Passed · 13 other

Total votes 78

May 15, 2025

D Democratic59

56 Yea 3

94% Yea

R Republican19

1 Yea 8 Nay 10

42% Nay

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

May 28, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

upper

May 15, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 8. Page 1561.)

lower

May 6, 2025

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (May 6).

lower

Apr 28, 2025

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

lower

Apr 24, 2025

Lower · Passed

Read second time and amended.

lower

Apr 23, 2025

Introduced

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 22).

lower

Apr 8, 2025

Lower · Passed

In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

lower

Mar 17, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD.

lower

Feb 21, 2025

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors