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type: "Bill"
title: "Cyberbullying: off-campus acts: model policy."
description: "Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education's internet website and notify local educational agencies of the availability of a list of statewide resources, including community-based organizations, that provide support to youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, as provided. Existing law requires a local educational agency to adopt, on or before December 31, 2019, procedures for preventing acts of bullying, including cyberbullying."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 772"
citation: "California AB 772 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cyberbullying", "modelpolicy", "off-campusacts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowenthal"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-18"
last_action: "2025-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/214c2cd4-19d7-4309-988b-ab8b620b4d88"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772"
source_hash: "209a4580254ac05028b78d9de35d774ed0ecb2f0ca9ad3620df252ee094f3f91"
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 772 (20252026) — Cyberbullying: off-campus acts: model policy.
Existing law requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to post, and annually update, on the State Department of Education's internet website and notify local educational agencies of the availability of a list of statewide resources, including community-based organizations, that provide support to youth, and their families, who have been subjected to school-based discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying, as provided. Existing law requires a local educational agency to adopt, on or before December 31, 2019, procedures for preventing acts of bullying, including cyberbullying.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772&version=20250AB77299INT)
2. **04/01/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772&version=20250AB77298AMD)
3. **04/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772&version=20250AB77297AMD)
4. **06/30/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772&version=20250AB77296AMD)
5. **08/29/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772&version=20250AB77295AMD)
6. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772&version=20250AB77293CHP)
7. **AB772** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772)
8. **09/11/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB772&version=20250AB77294ENR)
## Votes
- 3rd Reading AB772 Lowenthal et al. By Ashby — **307** (pass) · upper
- AB 772 Lowenthal Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ORTEGA — **791** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **61** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **140** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **90** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **51** (pass) · upper
- AB 772 Lowenthal Assembly Third Reading — **790** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lowenthal — primary (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — principal coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2025-03-03** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 9). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-21** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1843.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-06-30** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-14** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2617.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3109.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/214c2cd4-19d7-4309-988b-ab8b620b4d88`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).