Text of CA SB 1328 (2026)

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 1328 Introduced by Senator Cervantes February 20, 2026 An act to amend Section 66271.2 of the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 1328, as introduced, Cervantes. Public postsecondary education: Equity in Higher Education Act: campus contact. 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 request the trustees, the regents, and the governing board of a community college district to also designate an employee as a point of contact for the needs of the above-described faculty, staff, and students of any satellite, branch, or outreach center of a campus, as specified. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 66271.2 of the Education Code is amended to read: 66271.2. (a) (1) The Trustees of the California State University and the governing board of each a community college district shall 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 at the respective campus. At a minimum, the name and contact information of that designated employee shall be published on the internet website for the respective campus, and shall be included in any printed and online campus directories. (2) The Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of a community college district are requested to designate an employee 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 of any satellite, branch, or outreach center of a campus. At minimum, the name and contact information of that designated employee shall be published on the internet website for the satellite, branch, or outreach center of the campus, and shall be included in any printed and online directories for the satellite, branch, or outreach center of the campus. (b) An employee designated as a campus point of contact pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be considered a responsible employee for purposes of Section 66281.8. An employee designated as a campus point of contact pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not disclose confidential information provided to them by faculty, staff, or students about any alleged act of sexual harassment, sexual violence, or discrimination without the prior written consent of the person who provided the information to the designated employee. (c) (1) Notice provided to an employee designated as a campus point of contact pursuant to subdivision (a), or a service provided by the designated employee, pursuant to this section regarding an alleged act of sexual harassment, sexual violence, or discrimination, shall not be construed as actual or constructive notice to the public postsecondary educational institution of that alleged act for purposes of investigations under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681, et seq.). (2) Paragraph (1) shall only be construed in a manner that is consistent with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. Sec. 1681, et seq.). (d) The University of California is requested to comply with this section. This section shall apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California, by appropriate resolution, make it applicable.