SB 1328: Public postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: campus contact.

Official summary

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

The Equity in Higher Education Act establishes the policy of the state to afford all persons, regardless of specified characteristics, including gender, gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, equal rights and opportunities in the postsecondary educational institutions of the state. The act requires the Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of a community colleges district, and requests the Regents of the University of California, to designate an employee at each of their respective campuses as a point of contact for the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual, asexual, pansexual, transgender, gender-nonconforming, intersex, and two-spirit faculty, staff, and students.

This bill would require the trustees and the governing board of a community college district, and would request the regents, to also designate an employee as a point of contact for the needs of the above-described faculty, staff, and students of a branch campus, satellite location, or site other than the main campus, as specified. The bill would define “branch campus,” “satellite location,” and “main campus” for this purpose. To the extent the bill would impose new duties on a community college district, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

“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. September 26, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2026.
2. September 26, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 472, Statutes of 2026.
3. September 26, 2026Approved by the Governor.
4. September 26, 2026Approved by the Governor.
5. August 28, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
6. August 28, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
7. August 24, 2026Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 5692.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
8. August 24, 2026Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
9. August 20, 2026In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
10. August 20, 2026In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
11. August 20, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 6303.) Ordered to the Senate.
12. August 20, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 13. Page 6303.) Ordered to the Senate.