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AB 972: Postsecondary education: discrimination: sex.
What AB 972 does, verified December 6, 2025
This bill aims to expand California's anti-discrimination laws to include sex as a protected characteristic in postsecondary education. The existing law already prohibits discrimination based on various characteristics, including disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. The proposed amendment would explicitly include sex in the list of protected characteristics, ensuring that individuals cannot be subjected to discrimination based on their sex in postsecondary educational institutions that receive state financial assistance or enroll students who receive state student financial aid.
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Last action: Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. (2025-05-15)Alert me
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| May. 28, 2025 | Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD. |
| May. 15, 2025 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 8. Page 1561.) |
| May. 15, 2025 | In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. |
| May. 15, 2025 | Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 8.) |
| May. 07, 2025 | Read second time. Ordered to third reading. |
Latest bill textAmended version, April 24, 2025 · 248 words
| Amended IN Assembly April 24, 2025 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 972
| Introduced by Assembly Member Wilson |
February 20, 2025 |
An act to amend Section 66270 of the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 972, as amended, Wilson. Postsecondary education: discrimination: sex.
Existing law prohibits a person from being subjected to discrimination on the basis of specified characteristics, including, among others, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation 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 expressly include sex in the list of specified characteristics.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 66270 of the Education Code is amended to read:66270.
A person shall not be subjected to discrimination on the basis of disability, sex,Text of AB 972 as amended, from the official record. Connect Plus keeps every version and highlights what changed.Compare versions