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Authors Cabaldon  
Subject Data collection: sexual orientation, gender identity, and intersex status: disclosure.
Relating To relating to data collection.
Title An act to amend Sections 44230.6 and 66027 of the Education Code, and to amend Section 8310.8 of the Government Code, relating to data collection.
Last Action Dt 2026-02-17
State Introduced
Status Pending Referral
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2026-02-18     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
2026-02-17     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Introduced     2026-02-17
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Existing law, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex Disparities Reduction Act, requires the State Department of Public Health, among other specified state entities, in the course of collecting demographic data directly or by contract as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians, to collect voluntary self-identification information pertaining to sexual orientation, gender identity, and variations in sex characteristics/intersex status (SOGISC).

This bill would define “information pertaining to SOGISC” to mean information pertaining to a person’s sexual orientation identity, gender identity or gender expression, identification as intersex, or identification as possessing sex characteristics that vary from those typically associated with a person’s sex assigned at birth.

Existing law, the Information Practices Act of 1977, prescribes a set of requirements, prohibitions, and remedies applicable to agencies, as defined, with regard to their collection, storage, and disclosure of personal information, as defined. Under existing law, a person who willfully requests or obtains any record containing personal information from an agency under false pretenses is guilty of a misdemeanor.

Existing law establishes the University of California, administered by the Regents of the University of California, the California State University, administered by the Trustees of the California State University, and the California Community Colleges, administered by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, as the 3 segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requests the Trustees of the California State University, the Regents of the University of California, and the governing board of each community college district to allow the faculty, staff, and students to identify their sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression on any forms used to collect specified demographic data and to report that data, as provided.

This bill would provide that its provisions are severable.