Relating to: requiring child sexual abuse prevention education. (FE)
AB 156 requires public school districts in the 2026-27 school year to provide age-appropriate child sexual abuse prevention education to all students from 4-year-old kindergarten through 12th grade. The curriculum must include specific topics like correct body part names, setting personal boundaries, identifying safe adults, distinguishing safe/unsafe touch, and reporting abuse, using research-based methods. Schools must notify parents about the program schedule and content annually, and parents can opt their child out with a written request. This law directly affects all K-12 students and their families in public schools across the state.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
Nov 2025
Assembly Passage
Nov 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 2, 2025
Last action Mar 23, 2026
Floor votes · Assembly Nov 19, 2025
How they voted
54–43
Passed
Total votes 97
Nov 19, 2025
D
Democratic44
97% Nay
R
Republican53
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
3
Committee
3
Amendments
5
Mar 23, 2026
Amended
Failed to concur in pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1
upper
Nov 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read a third time and passed
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Introduced
Point of order that Assembly Amendment 2 not germane under Assembly Rule 54 (3)(f) well taken
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 2 offered by Representative Vining
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Amended
Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 54, Noes 43
lower
Nov 19, 2025
Introduced
Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representative Billings
lower
Nov 13, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on calendar 11-19-2025 by Committee on Rules
lower
May 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to committee on Rules
lower
May 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Report passage recommended by Committee on Children and Families, Ayes 7, Noes 2
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Introduced by Representatives Gundrum, Snyder, Dittrich, Behnke, Donovan, Kitchens, Kreibich, Moses, Mursau, O'Connor, Piwowarczyk and Subeck;
cosponsored by Senators James, Jacque, Cabral-Guevara and Spreitzer
lower
12 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Barbara Dittrich
RRepublican
P
Bob Donovan
RRepublican
P
Clint Moses
RRepublican
P
Elijah Behnke
RRepublican
P
Jeff Mursau
RRepublican
P
Jerry O'Connor
RRepublican
P
Jim Piwowarczyk
RRepublican
P
Joel Kitchens
RRepublican
P
Lisa Subeck
DDemocratic
P
Pat Snyder
RRepublican
P
Rick Gundrum
RRepublican
P
Rob Kreibich
RRepublican
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