California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1845: Student safety: human trafficking.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to amend Sections 67380, 67381, and 67383 of, to add Section 66281.85 to, and to repeal and add Section 67381.1 of, the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. postsecondary education Student safety: human trafficking. (1) Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to amend Sections 67380, 67381, and 67383 of, to add Section 66281.85 to, and to repeal and add Section 67381.1 of, the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. postsecondary education Student safety: human trafficking. (1) Existing federal law, known as Title IX, prohibits a person, on the basis of sex, from being excluded from participation in, being denied the benefits of, or being subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. A portion of the Donahoe Higher Education Act, known as the Equity in Higher Education Act, requires the appropriate governing board or body of each campus of the University of California, the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, private postsecondary educational institutions, and independent institutions of higher education, as a condition of receiving state financial assistance, to, among other things, provide training to all employees on the identification of sexual harassment, including the person to whom it should be reported. Provisions of the Donahoe Higher Education Act apply to the University of California only to the extent that the Regents of the University of California act, by resolution, to make them apply. This bill would require those postsecondary educational institutions, as part of employee training, to include certain information related to human trafficking. The bill would also require those postsecondary …