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Bill	Postsecondary education: academic and administrative employees: disclosure of sexual harassment.	(1) Under existing law, the segments of postsecondary education in this state include the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University to employ persons in academic and administrative positions in order to carry out the functions of their respective institutions. The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 791	California SB 791 (20232024)	bill	Postsecondary education academic and administrative employees disclosure of sexual harassment	enacted	McGuire	6	28	9	2023-02-17	2023-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/27922ffd-eedc-4054-ab2c-00e4ca013573	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB791	9dac97ec1b3807995d9ffe2f134e909bd2fe8d3495c8fd404f5a4f0c203012e1	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 791 (20232024) — Postsecondary education: academic and administrative employees: disclosure of sexual harassment.

(1) Under existing law, the segments of postsecondary education in this state include the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges. Existing law authorizes the governing board of each community college district and the Trustees of the California State University to employ persons in academic and administrative positions in order to carry out the functions of their respective institutions. The California Constitution provides that the University of California constitutes a public trust administered by the Regents of the University of California, a corporation in the form of a board, with full powers of organization and government, subject to legislative control only for specified purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/22/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/07/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB791 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 791 McGuire Senate Third Reading By Weber — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB791 McGuire Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• McGuire — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-04-03 Set for hearing April 12.
• 2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 683.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-12 Set for hearing April 18.
• 2023-04-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 801.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-21 Set for hearing May 1.
• 2023-05-01 May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2023-05-12 Set for hearing May 18.
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1184.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1361.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-06-08 Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-16 August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3385.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2818.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 415, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/27922ffd-eedc-4054-ab2c-00e4ca013573. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).