Mike Fong
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 49
Author
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, and the University of California, under the administration of the Regents of the University of California, as 2 of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. 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. Existing law prohibits a person from being subjected to discrimination on the basis of specified attributes, including, among others, disability or gender, in a program or activity conducted by a postsecondary educational institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance or enrolls students who receive state student financial aid. This bill would require each California State University campus to establish, and each University of California campus to designate, a Title IX office, as provided. The bill would require each Title IX office to be under the administration of a Title IX coordinator who would be responsible for coordinating the campus' implementation of and compliance with systemwide nondiscrimination policies, as specified. The bill would require each Title IX office, among other things, to ensure, or oversee and ensure, timely and effective responses to reports and complaints of sex discrimination, and to provide a process, or oversee the process, of adjudicating and resolving complaints of sex discrimination, as provided. This bill would also require the California State University to establish, and the University of California to designate, on or before July 1, 2026, a systemwide Office of Civil Rights to be led by a systemwide civil rights officer, as specified. The bill would require the California State University systemwide Office of Civil Rights to establish and adopt, and the University of California systemwide Office of Civil Rights to identify and maintain, a systemwide nondiscrimination policy, and to develop and implement a grievance procedure for sex discrimination complaints in which the respondent is a systemwide employee, a member of the systemwide governing body, or other specified person, as provided. The bill would also require each systemwide Office of Civil Rights to, among other things, provide or oversee specified education and training, establish best practices guidance on sex discrimination prevention and complaint adjudication, and conduct compliance reviews, as specified.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 693, Statutes of 2024.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 5563.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 16).
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
Read second time and amended.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 16).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 3.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2047 | HTML |
| 02/01/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/19/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/18/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 05/16/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/11/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/31/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/16/24- Assembly Higher Education | |
| 05/06/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/20/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/17/24- Senate Education | |
| 06/21/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/07/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 08/28/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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