AB 1706: California Interscholastic Federation: flag football pilot program.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified March 14, 2026

What AB 1706 does, verified March 14, 2026

The California legislature is considering a bill to establish a 5-year pilot program for flag football as an authorized sport for high school boys in the counties of Orange and Riverside. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) will be required to implement the program, which will run from the 2027-28 academic year to the 2031-32 academic year. The CIF must sanction flag football as an authorized sport for high school boys enrolled in its member schools in the specified counties. The bill also makes legislative findings and declarations regarding the necessity of a special statute for the counties of Orange and Riverside.

Bill journey

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Last action: In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. (2026-03-13)Alert me

Author and sponsors

Asm. Kate SanchezAuthor · California State Assembly

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Mar. 13, 2026	In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
Mar. 04, 2026	Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T.
Mar. 03, 2026	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S., & T. Read second time and amended.
Mar. 02, 2026	Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S., & T. and ED.
Feb. 05, 2026	From printer. May be heard in committee March 7.

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Latest bill textAmended version, March 3, 2026 · 491 words

Amended IN Assembly March 03, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1706

Introduced by Assembly Member Sanchez

February 04, 2026

~~An act to amend Section 1500 of the Vehicle Code, relating to vehicles.~~ An act to add and repeal Section 33353.2 of the Education Code, relating to interscholastic athletics.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1706, as amended, Sanchez. ~~Department of Motor Vehicles.~~ California Interscholastic Federation: flag football pilot program.

Existing law describes the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) as a voluntary organization that consists of school and school-related personnel with responsibility for administering interscholastic athletic activities in secondary schools, and sets forth the Legislature’s intent regarding the CIF’s implementation of certain policies.
This bill would require the CIF to establish a 5-year pilot program, operating from the 2027–28 academic year through the 2031–32 academic year, that sanctions flag football as an authorized sport for high school boys who are enrolled in the California Interscholastic Federation’s member schools in the Counties of Orange and Riverside.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the Counties of Orange and Riverside.
~~Existing law establishes the Department of Motor Vehicles in the Transportation Agency and sets forth the powers and duties of the department, as specified.~~
~~This bill would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.~~

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

Section 33353.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:

33353.2.
(a) The California Interscholastic Federation shall establish a five-year pilot program that sanctions flag football as an interscholastic sport governed by the California Interscholastic Federation. This pilot program shall include, but not be limited to, both of the following components:
(1) The pilot program shall operate from the 2027–28 academic year through the 2031–32 academic year.
(2) The pilot program shall be available to high school boys who are enrolled in the California Interscholastic Federation’s member schools in the Counties of Orange and Riverside.
(b) The California Interscholastic Federation shall adopt bylaws to implement this section.
(c) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2032, and, as of January 1, 2033, is repealed.

SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique need to pilot boys’ flag football as a high school sport governed by the California Interscholastic Federation in the Counties of Orange and Riverside.

SECTION 1.Section 1500 of the Vehicle Code is amended to read:
1500.
~~(a)There is in the Transportation Agency the Department of Motor Vehicles.~~
(b)Whenever the term “Business, Transportation and Housing Agency” appears in this code, it refers to the Transportation Agency, and whenever the term “Secretary of Business, Transportation and Housing” appears in this code, it refers to the Secretary of Transportation.

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