CA SB967

Requires community college districts, California State University, University of California, and independent postsecondary institutions to adopt policies on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking to receive state student financial assistance funds.

Mandates an affirmative consent standard defining consent as affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement that must be ongoing throughout sexual activity and can be revoked at any time, with lack of protest or silence not constituting consent.

Establishes that accused individuals cannot claim valid defense based on intoxication, recklessness, or failure to take reasonable steps to ascertain consent, and cannot claim belief in consent if complainant was incapacitated, asleep, unconscious, or unable to communicate.

Requires institutions to adopt detailed victim-centered policies and protocols covering victim privacy, initial response procedures, witness identification, victim notification of resources, trauma-informed staff training, and confidential reporting procedures.

Mandates institutions to establish partnerships with on-campus and community-based organizations for victim services and implement comprehensive prevention and outreach programs addressing sexual violence, including mandatory orientation programming for incoming students.