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Authors Mark González  
Principle Coauthors: Solache   Cervantes  
Coauthors: Elhawary   Ward   Wiener  
Subject Pupil and student safety: identification cards.
Relating To relating to pupil and student safety.
Title An act to amend Section 215.5 of the Education Code, relating to pupil and student safety.
Last Action Dt 2025-10-10
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-10-10     Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 483, Statutes of 2025.
2025-10-10     Approved by the Governor.
2025-09-22     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-09-10     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 3226.).
2025-09-09     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2658.).
2025-09-09     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-18     In committee: Referred to suspense file.
2025-07-09     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-27     In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-19     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-06-18     Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-06-04     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-03     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 13. Page 1979.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
2025-04-30     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-04-22     Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-21     Read second time and amended.
2025-04-10     From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 9).
2025-03-03     Referred to Com. on ED.
2025-02-19     From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2025-02-18     Read first time. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-10-10
Enrolled     2025-09-12
Amended Senate     2025-06-19
Amended Assembly     2025-04-21
Introduced     2025-02-18
Analyses TBD
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Existing law, commencing July 1, 2025, requires a public or private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the identification cards the number for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. Existing law requires a public or private institution of higher education that issues student identification cards to have printed on either side of the student identification cards the telephone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.

This bill, commencing July 1, 2026, would require public schools that serve pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and public institutions of higher education that issue pupil identification cards to additionally have printed on the identification cards the telephone number and text line for a specified LGBTQ+ suicide hotline, as provided.