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CA AB1784

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/9/2026

Primary Sponsor

Gail Pellerin

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Expands California's Equity in Higher Education Act to explicitly prohibit discrimination against students based on current, potential, or past pregnancy or pregnancy-related conditions at all postsecondary institutions
  • Extends pregnancy-related protections previously limited to graduate students to include undergraduate students, including leave of absence rights of up to 12 months for birth parents and 1 month for non-birth parents
  • Requires postsecondary institutions to provide reasonable accommodations for pregnant students, including breaks for breastfeeding, schedule changes, test extensions, elevator access, and excused absences as determined by a physician
  • Mandates each institution designate at least one employee to coordinate pregnancy discrimination compliance and requires certain employees to inform students of their accommodation rights when directly notified of a pregnancy
  • Adds ancestry, national origin, medical condition, marital status, familial status, citizenship, and primary language to the protected characteristics under California's postsecondary education nondiscrimination policy

Legislative Description

Postsecondary education: nondiscrimination: pregnancy or pregnancy-related issues.

Last Action

Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and JUD.

2/23/2026

Committee Referrals

Higher Education2/23/2026

Full Bill Text

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