AB 322: Precise geolocation information.
This bill aims to strengthen the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 by adding a new requirement for businesses that collect precise geolocation information. When collecting this type of information, businesses must display a prominent notice to the consumer stating the purpose of the collection and how the information will be used. The notice must include the goods or services requested by the consumer and a description of how the information will be processed to carry out those purposes. The bill also prohibits businesses from retaining precise geolocation information longer than necessary to provide the requested goods or services, or longer than one year after the consumer's last intentional interaction with the business, whichever is earlier. This new requirement is intended to further the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.
| Aug. 13, 2026 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| Aug. 29, 2025 | In committee: Held under submission. |
| Aug. 18, 2025 | In committee: Referred to suspense file. |
| Jul. 16, 2025 | From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. |
| Jun. 25, 2025 | Re-referred to Com. on JUD. |
| Amended IN Senate June 23, 2025 |
| Introduced by Assembly Member Ward (Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Aguiar-Curry) (Coauthors: Assembly Members Carrillo, Elhawary, and Ortega) (Coauthor: Senator Wiener) |
January 24, 2025 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law establishes the State Department of Education in state government, and vests the department with specified powers and duties relating to the state’s public school system, including encouraging and assisting school districts to improve and monitor the health of their pupils. Existing law requires the department, as part of that assistance, to provide information and guidance to schools that request the information and guidance to establish “Health Days” to provide screenings for common health problems among pupils.
This bill would require the department to include county offices of education and charter schools in the above-described provisions. The bill would require the department to encourage school districts, county offices of education, and charter schools to participate in programs that offer reimbursement for school-based health services and school-based mental health services, as provided.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 1798.122 is added to the Civil Code, to read:1798.122.
(a) A business that collects precise geolocation information shall prominently display, when precise geolocation information is being collected, a notice to the consumer whose precise geolocation information is being collected that states all of the following:SEC. 2.
The Legislature finds and declares that this act furthers the purposes and intent of the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020.(a)The department shall encourage and assist local educational agencies to improve and monitor the health of their pupils. The department shall provide guidance and assist local educational agencies to secure the voluntary assistance of local health professionals, schools of medicine, schools of public health, schools of nursing, voluntary health agencies, and other appropriate entities to provide pupil health screening and appropriate medical referrals and to provide valuable health information to pupils and their parents. The department shall encourage local educational agencies to contact and cooperate with local maternal, child, and adolescent health boards and child health and disability prevention programs established pursuant to Article 6 (commencing with Section 124025) of Chapter 3 of Part 2 of Division 106 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b)As part of the assistance provided to local educational agencies pursuant to subdivision (a), the department shall provide information and guidance to local educational agencies that request the information and guidance to establish “Health Days” to provide screenings for common health problems among pupils and to provide information to pupils and parents on the prevention of illness, proper nutrition, and other aspects of good health. The Health Days should be organized and staffed by school nurses working in cooperation with volunteers from schools of medicine, schools of public health, schools of nursing, voluntary health agencies, health professionals, local maternal, child, and adolescent health boards, and other appropriate entities. Medical screenings and services conducted pursuant to this section shall be conducted in accordance with Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 49400) of Part 27 of Division 4.
(c)The department shall encourage local educational agencies to participate in programs that offer reimbursement for school-based health services and school-based mental health services, including, but not limited to, both of the following:
(1)The Medi-Cal Billing Option Program for local educational agencies pursuant to Section 14115.8 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(2)The statewide fee schedule for school-linked outpatient mental health or substance use disorder treatment pursuant to Section 5961.4 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(d)For purposes of this section, “local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.