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CA AB935

Bill

Status

Passed

10/13/2025

Primary Sponsor

Rhodesia Ransom

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Origin

State Assembly

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the State Department of Education, beginning July 1, 2026, to collect demographic and case information on complaints alleging unlawful discrimination, harassment, intimidation, or bullying filed under Uniform Complaint Procedures, including the complainant's self-identified protected group, complaint description, actions taken, and disposition

  • Requires the Civil Rights Department to collect demographic data (ethnicity, race, gender) from complainants and track final actions taken and timelines for all complaints received

  • Mandates both departments to publish annual summary reports on their websites starting July 1, 2027, with the Civil Rights Department's report due by October 1 each year covering the preceding calendar year

  • Protects all collected information as confidential and exempt from the California Public Records Act, except to the extent the underlying complaint would be disclosable

  • Requires all summary reports to be sufficiently deidentified to prevent identification of individuals involved in complaints and prohibits inclusion of personally identifying information

Legislative Description

State agencies: complaints: demographic data.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 717, Statutes of 2025.

10/13/2025

Committee Referrals

Appropriations7/17/2025
Education7/2/2025
Judiciary6/18/2025
Rules6/4/2025
Appropriations5/1/2025
Education4/8/2025
Judiciary3/24/2025

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