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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 727: Pupil and student safety: identification cards.

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 727 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 18, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pupil and student safety: identification cards. Primary sponsor: Mark González (D). It lists 5 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (October 10, 2025): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 483, Statutes of 2025.

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Official summary

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

Existing law, commencing July 1, 2025, requires a public or private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the identification cards the number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Existing law requires a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

This bill, commencing July 1, 2026, would require public schools that serve pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and public institutions of higher education that issue pupil identification cards to additionally have printed on the identification cards the telephone number and text line for a specified LGBTQ+ suicide hotline, as provided.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 6

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mark GonzálezPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly54
Sabrina CervantesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Sade ElhawaryCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly57
José Luis SolacheCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly62
Christopher WardCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly78
Scott WienerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11

“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 483, Statutes of 2025.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 3226.).
  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2658.).
  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  8. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
  9. In committee: Referred to suspense file.
  10. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  11. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  12. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

Sources

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