Existing law states the policy of the State of California is 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. AB 715 of the 2025–26 Regular Session proposes to, among other things, (1) establish the Office of Civil Rights, under the administration of the Government Operations Agency, with the purpose of working directly with local educational agencies to prevent and address discrimination and bias, as specified, and (2) state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to establish coordinators to be employed within the Office of Civil Rights to prevent and address discrimination and bias.
California SB 48 (20252026) — Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
Existing law states the policy of the State of California is 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. AB 715 of the 2025–26 Regular Session proposes to, among other things, (1) establish the Office of Civil Rights, under the administration of the Government Operations Agency, with the purpose of working directly with local educational agencies to prevent and address discrimination and bias, as specified, and (2) state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to establish coordinators to be employed within the Office of Civil Rights to prevent and address discrimination and bias.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 48 Gonzalez Senate Third Reading By FONG — 55–3 (pass) · lower
W/O REF. TO FILE — 27–5 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Safety] — 6–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gonzalez — primary (person)
Fong — author (person)
Ward — author (person)
Weber Pierson — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2024-12-16 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2024-12-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
2025-01-06 Read first time. reading-1
2025-01-29 Referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S. referral-committee
2025-03-03 Set for hearing March 19.
2025-03-03 March 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-19 Set for hearing April 2.
2025-03-24 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 633.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-03 Withdrawn from committee.
2025-04-03 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-10 Set for hearing April 29.
2025-04-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 938.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-12 May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1189.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-02 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 1361.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-03 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-09 Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-07-03 Coauthors revised.
2025-07-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-14 July 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-09-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee