California Senate Bill 608
Session 20252026
Sexual health.
Active
Passed Senate on Jan 27, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
608
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
3rd Reading SB608 Menjivar et al.
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Summary
(1) Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts, defined to include county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and charter schools, to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified.
This bill would require the State Department of Education to monitor compliance with the requirements of the California Healthy Youth Act as part of its annual compliance monitoring of state and federal programs.
(2) Existing law establishes the Office of School-Based Health Programs for the purpose of assisting local educational agencies regarding the current health-related programs under the purview of the State Department of Education including, among other duties, coordinating school health program activities with public health, social services, environmental, and local educational agencies, and other public and private entities.
This bill would prohibit a public school, as defined, that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, from prohibiting certain school-based health centers, as defined, from making internal and external condoms available and easily accessible to pupils at the school-based health center site and would require those public schools to allow condoms to be made available during the course of, or in connection with, educational or public health programs and initiatives, as provided. To the extent the bill imposes additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
(3) Under existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, the State Department of Public Health generally regulates the packaging, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A violation of those provisions is generally a crime. Existing law sets forth various other provisions relating to the furnishing and health care coverage of certain types of contraception.
This bill would, with certain exceptions, prohibit a retail establishment, as defined, from refusing to furnish nonprescription contraception to a person solely on the basis of age by means of any conduct, including, but not limited to, requiring the customer to present identification for purposes of demonstrating their age. Under the bill, a violation of that prohibition would be exempt from the above-described criminal penalty.
(4) 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.
02/20/25 - Introduced
February 20, 2025
03/24/25 - Amended Senate
March 24, 2025
03/31/25- Senate Education
March 31, 2025
04/08/25- Senate Health
April 8, 2025
04/25/25- Senate Appropriations
April 25, 2025
01/23/26- Sen. Floor Analyses
January 23, 2026
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01/27/2026
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
01/27/2026
Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to the Assembly.
01/22/2026
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
01/22/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (January 22).
01/16/2026
Senate
Set for hearing January 22.
05/23/2025
Senate
May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
05/16/2025
Senate
Set for hearing May 23.
04/28/2025
Senate
April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
04/17/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 28.
04/10/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 737.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/02/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 634.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
03/28/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 9 in HEALTH pending receipt.
03/24/2025
Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
03/19/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 2.
03/05/2025
Senate
Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH.
02/21/2025
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
02/20/2025
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 21, 2025 5:55:55 AM
Record Updated
Jan 28, 2026 8:45:39 AM