Josh Lowenthal
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 69
Author
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. This bill would require the department, on or before June 30, 2026, in consultation with relevant stakeholders, to develop, post on its internet website, and distribute to each local educational agency, as defined, a model policy on how to address certain reported acts of cyberbullying occurring outside of school hours and outside of the campus, as specified. The bill would require the model policy to clarify that local educational agencies are authorized, but not required, to address those acts. The bill would require each local educational agency, on or before July 1, 2027, to adopt a policy, or modify its existing procedures for preventing acts of bullying, on how to address certain reported acts of cyberbullying occurring outside of school hours and outside of the campus, as specified. The bill would authorize the adopted policy to be the model policy developed by the department or a locally adopted policy with input from stakeholders. The bill would require each local educational agency to post a copy of the adopted policy on its internet website and the internet website of each of its schoolsites. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 620, Statutes of 2025.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 1. Page 3109.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2617.).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 29).
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 1843.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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 9. Noes 0.) (April 9).
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB772 | HTML |
| 02/18/25 - Introduced | |
| 04/01/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 06/30/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/29/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/25 - Enrolled | |
| 10/11/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/08/25- Assembly Education | |
| 05/05/25- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/28/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/23/25- Senate Education | |
| 07/11/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 08/29/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 09/02/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/09/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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