CA AB2070

Requires postsecondary institutions receiving state student financial aid funds to adopt policies on sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking using an affirmative consent standard.

Mandates detailed, victim-centered policies and protocols covering initial response procedures, victim support, witness identification, confidential reporting, and trauma-informed training for campus officials.

Requires institutions to enter into partnerships with on-campus and community-based organizations to provide students with counseling, mental health services, victim advocacy, and legal assistance.

Mandates comprehensive prevention and outreach programs addressing sexual violence, including bystander intervention training and awareness campaigns about affirmative consent standards and student rights.

Requires outreach programming to include information about warning signs of intimate partner and dating violence, campus and off-campus resources, and prevention strategies as part of student orientation.