Postsecondary education: sexual violence and sexual harassment: training.
Existing law requires the governing boards of community college districts and the Trustees of the California State University, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to provide, as part of established campus orientations, educational and preventive information on sexual violence and sexual harassment. Existing law, beginning on September 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, requires the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and independent institutions of higher education and private postsecondary educational institutions that receive state financial assistance, and requests the University of California, to annually train students on sexual violence and sexual harassment, and requires that training to include certain topics, including common facts and myths about the causes of sexual violence and sexual harassment.
California AB 2608 (20232024) — Postsecondary education: sexual violence and sexual harassment: training.
Existing law requires the governing boards of community college districts and the Trustees of the California State University, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to provide, as part of established campus orientations, educational and preventive information on sexual violence and sexual harassment. Existing law, beginning on September 1, 2024, and annually thereafter, requires the California Community Colleges, the California State University, and independent institutions of higher education and private postsecondary educational institutions that receive state financial assistance, and requests the University of California, to annually train students on sexual violence and sexual harassment, and requires that training to include certain topics, including common facts and myths about the causes of sexual violence and sexual harassment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
AB 2608 Gabriel Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Consent Calendar 2nd AB2608 Gabriel et al. — 40–0 (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
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gabriel — primary (person)
Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Mike Fong — author (person)
Rubio — coauthor (person)
Santiago — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-02-14 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2024-02-15 From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.
2024-03-04 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2024-04-17 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2024-04-18 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2024-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2024-05-08 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 8). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-05-09 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-05-16 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-05-16 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2024-05-29 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-27 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2024-07-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-07-15 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-07-15 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 110, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/db8a0183-f7aa-4acb-9e17-c02e320b4482. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).