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type: "Bill"
title: "Postsecondary education: sexual violence and harassment: training and resources."
description: "Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to discrimination, which includes sexual harassment, under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. A portion of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Equity in Higher Education Act, declares, among other things, that it is the policy of the State of California that all persons, regardless of their sex, should enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind in the educational institutions of the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 2683"
citation: "California AB 2683 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Postsecondary education: sexual violence and harassment: training and resources."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gabriel"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-18"
last_action: "2022-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bef21383-8081-413a-bdf0-28f360b6bf1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2683"
source_hash: "3edc2e8c7a98f3bc233bc8e7b94a93fd436002b340ee9ea7425973550237155d"
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 2683 (20212022) — Postsecondary education: sexual violence and harassment: training and resources.
Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to discrimination, which includes sexual harassment, under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. A portion of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Equity in Higher Education Act, declares, among other things, that it is the policy of the State of California that all persons, regardless of their sex, should enjoy freedom from discrimination of any kind in the educational institutions of the state.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2683&version=20210AB268399INT)
2. **03/23/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2683&version=20210AB268398AMD)
3. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2683&version=20210AB268397AMD)
4. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2683&version=20210AB268395CHP)
5. **AB2683** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2683)
6. **08/26/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2683&version=20210AB268396ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **150** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB2683 — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **60** (pass) · upper
- AB 2683 Gabriel Consent Calendar Second Day — **610** (pass) · lower
- AB 2683 Gabriel Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **760** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **110** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **40** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Gabriel — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2022-03-10** Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-03-24** Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Coauthors revised.
- **2022-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-04-27** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 27). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 0. Page 4582.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2022-05-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2022-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2022-06-20** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2022-08-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2022-08-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4988.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2022-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2022-08-24** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended.
- **2022-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 9:30 p.m.
- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 798, 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/bef21383-8081-413a-bdf0-28f360b6bf1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).