Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state, and states that the purpose of related existing law is to prohibit acts that are contrary to that policy and to provide remedies therefor. Existing law defines race or ethnicity for these purposes.
California SB 188 (20192020) — Discrimination: hairstyles.
Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state, and states that the purpose of related existing law is to prohibit acts that are contrary to that policy and to provide remedies therefor. Existing law defines race or ethnicity for these purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2019-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2019-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 2.
2019-02-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-03-12 Set for hearing March 26.
2019-03-14 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 438.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-03-29 Set for hearing April 8.
2019-04-02 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-04-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2019-04-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-04-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 743.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-04-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2019-05-06 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2019-05-29 Coauthors revised.
2019-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2019-06-19 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 19). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2019-06-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2019-06-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2448.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2019-06-27 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2019-06-28 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2019-07-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2019-07-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 58, Statutes of 2019.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2214314a-1db2-4962-8c23-9bc05503d0a9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).