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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1803: Employment: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1803 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 10, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Employment: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training. Primary sponsor: Josh Lowenthal (D), Rick Chavez Zbur (D). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 27, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2026.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

The California Fair Employment and Housing Act makes specified employment practices unlawful, including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the employer with the employer’s knowledge. Under existing law, the Civil Rights Department administers these provisions. Existing law requires a specified employer with 5 or more employees to, by January 1, 2021, provide at least 2 hours of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees and at least one hour of classroom or other effective interactive training and education regarding sexual harassment to all nonsupervisory employees in California and, after that date, once every 2 years. Existing law requires an employer to include prevention of abusive conduct as a component of that training and education.

This bill would additionally require that, beginning January 1, 2028, the above-described training and education include, as a component of the training and education, anti-hate speech training, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh LowenthalPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly69
Rick Chavez ZburPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly51
Corey JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly60
Lola Smallwood-CuevasCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate28
Christopher WardCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly78

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 547, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 11. Page 6596.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7.).
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
  9. From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
  10. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page