---
type: "Bill"
title: "School curriculum: health education: sexual harassment and violence instruction."
description: "Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission, during the next revision of the publication \"Health Framework for California Public Schools,\" to consider including a distinct category on sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 695"
citation: "California SB 695 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["School curriculum: health education: sexual harassment and violence instruction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["De León"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-27"
last_action: "2015-10-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cda8c5a6-412f-45ae-8f67-9bdc5e79b8c3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695"
source_hash: "a4c2c250e595a396c3aa7dd8522af3a0de2d82e68cebfaacdd921dee8d917a36"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 695 (20152016) — School curriculum: health education: sexual harassment and violence instruction.

Existing law requires the Instructional Quality Commission, during the next revision of the publication "Health Framework for California Public Schools," to consider including a distinct category on sexual abuse and sex trafficking prevention education, as specified.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695&version=20150SB69599INT)
2. **04/08/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695&version=20150SB69598AMD)
3. **04/22/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695&version=20150SB69597AMD)
4. **08/31/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695&version=20150SB69596AMD)
5. **10/01/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695&version=20150SB69594CHP)
6. **SB695** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695)
7. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB695&version=20150SB69595ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB695 De León — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 695 De León Senate Third Reading By CHÁVEZ — **78–1** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB695 De León Concurrence — **40–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **17–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- De León — primary (person)
- Jackson — author (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2015-03-02** From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2015-03-19** Referred to Coms. on ED. and APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-02** Set for hearing April 15.
- **2015-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 648.) (April 15). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-24** Set for hearing May 4.
- **2015-05-04** May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-05-23** Set for hearing May 28.
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1159.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1210.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-08** July 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2015-08-31** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 1. Page 2792.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2015-09-04** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2509.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2015-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 424, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cda8c5a6-412f-45ae-8f67-9bdc5e79b8c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).