republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1968.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public postsecondary education: uniform informational guidance for sexual assault survivors."
description: "The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth the missions and functions of California's public higher education segments, including the California State University, comprising 23 campuses, and the University of California, comprising 10 campuses. Various provisions of the act specify the responsibilities of the Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California to develop, among other things, policies and procedures, information, and education and training programs for students, faculty, and staff regarding sexual assault and rape, sexual violence, and sexual harassment, as provided. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1968"
citation: "California AB 1968 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public postsecondary education: uniform informational guidance for sexual assault survivors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seyarto"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2022-02-10"
last_action: "2022-07-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a030ff3d-e103-4838-aa5d-9c0f6dd65181"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1968"
source_hash: "1e55ae6cca26495f8b8d2f3ef7e8272b553707c3a91414fe1615c1f5b071a31a"
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 AB 1968 (20212022) — Public postsecondary education: uniform informational guidance for sexual assault survivors.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth the missions and functions of California's public higher education segments, including the California State University, comprising 23 campuses, and the University of California, comprising 10 campuses. Various provisions of the act specify the responsibilities of the Trustees of the California State University and the Regents of the University of California to develop, among other things, policies and procedures, information, and education and training programs for students, faculty, and staff regarding sexual assault and rape, sexual violence, and sexual harassment, as provided. Provisions of the act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/10/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1968&version=20210AB196899INT)
2. **03/17/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1968&version=20210AB196898AMD)
3. **07/19/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1968&version=20210AB196896CHP)
4. **AB1968** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1968)
5. **06/29/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1968&version=20210AB196897ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar AB1968 — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1968 Seyarto Consent Calendar Second Day — **65–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seyarto — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-10** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2022-02-11** From printer. May be heard in committee March 13.
- **2022-02-18** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (March 15). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-03-17** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-30** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 30). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-31** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-04-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 4214.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-04-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-04** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2022-06-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-06-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4436.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-06-27** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2022-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2022-07-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-07-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 115, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a030ff3d-e103-4838-aa5d-9c0f6dd65181`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).