Bill Sponsor
California Senate Bill 998
Session 20252026
Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
Active
Active
Passed Senate on May 19, 2026
Sponsors
Unknown
Gonzalez
First Action
Feb 9, 2026
Latest Action
Jun 23, 2026
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
998
State
California
Session
20252026
Sponsorship by Party
Democrat
Author
Unknown
Gonzalez
Author
Democrat
Principal Coauthor
Democrat
Principal Coauthor
Summary
Existing law states the policy of the State of California is to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. Existing law establishes the Office of Civil Rights, under the administration of the Government Operations Agency. Existing law requires the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Religious Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Race and Ethnicity Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Gender Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, and an LGBTQ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator. Existing law requires each of the coordinators be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. This bill would require the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Disability Discrimination Prevention Coordinator to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate. The bill would change the title of the LGBTQ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator to instead be the LGBTQ+ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator. The bill would require each of the coordinators, in consultation with the State Department of Education, and under the supervision of the Government Operations Agency, to, among other things, (1) develop, consult on, and provide discrimination education to teachers, staff, governing board and body members, administrators, and other local educational agency personnel to identify and proactively prevent discrimination, as provided, (2) provide technical assistance, upon specified request, to local educational agencies to access restorative justice resources, training, and practitioners, and (3) engage with local educational agencies to ensure administrators are equipped to address conflicts at an early stage with the goal of proactively resolving incidents of discrimination, as specified. This bill would require the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Black Racism, a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (Anti-AANHPI) Discrimination, a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Latino Discrimination, and a Deputy Coordinator on Anti-Native American Discrimination, and would require these deputy coordinators to report directly to the Race and Ethnicity Discrimination Prevention Coordinator. The bill would require the Office of Civil Rights to provide resources and training on how to properly assist in cases of discrimination that involve the intersectionality of protected characteristics, as provided.
06/23/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/18/2026
Assembly
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
06/18/2026
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
06/09/2026
Assembly
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
05/26/2026
Assembly
Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.
05/20/2026
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
05/19/2026
Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 7.) Ordered to the Assembly.
05/14/2026
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/14/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 14).
05/08/2026
Senate
Set for hearing May 14.
05/04/2026
Senate
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
04/24/2026
Senate
Set for hearing May 4.
04/22/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 3977.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/16/2026
Senate
Set for hearing April 21.
04/15/2026
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3899.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
04/09/2026
Senate
Set for hearing April 15.
04/08/2026
Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
04/08/2026
Senate
Re-referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.
03/25/2026
Senate
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
02/18/2026
Senate
Referred to Com. on RLS.
02/10/2026
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
02/09/2026
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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