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Authors Menjivar  
Coauthors: Wiener  
Subject Sexual health.
Relating To relating to sexual health.
Title An act to add Section 51932.5 to, and to add Article 16 (commencing with Section 49595) to Chapter 9 of Part 27 of Division 4 of Title 2 of, the Education Code, and to add Chapter 7.8 (commencing with Section 111824) to Part 5 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to sexual health.
Last Action Dt 2025-03-24
State Amended Senate
Status Pending Referral
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Bill Actions
2026-01-27     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-01-27     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-01-22     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (January 22).
2026-01-22     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-01-16     Set for hearing January 22.
2025-05-23     May 23 hearing: Held in committee and under submission.
2025-05-16     Set for hearing May 23.
2025-04-28     April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-04-17     Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-10     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0. Page 737.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-02     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 634.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
2025-03-28     Set for hearing April 9 in HEALTH pending receipt.
2025-03-24     From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.
2025-03-19     Set for hearing April 2.
2025-03-05     Referred to Coms. on ED. and HEALTH.
2025-02-21     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
2025-02-20     Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Amended Senate     2025-03-24
Introduced     2025-02-20
Analyses TBD
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(1) Existing law, the California Healthy Youth Act, requires school districts, defined to include county boards of education, county superintendents of schools, the California School for the Deaf, the California School for the Blind, and charter schools, to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive comprehensive sexual health education and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention education, as specified.

This bill would require the State Department of Education to monitor compliance with the requirements of the California Healthy Youth Act as part of its annual compliance monitoring of state and federal programs.

(2) Existing law establishes the Office of School-Based Health Programs for the purpose of assisting local educational agencies regarding the current health-related programs under the purview of the State Department of Education including, among other duties, coordinating school health program activities with public health, social services, environmental, and local educational agencies, and other public and private entities.

(3) Under existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, the State Department of Public Health generally regulates the packaging, labeling, advertising, and sale of food, drugs, devices, and cosmetics, in accordance with the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. A violation of those provisions is generally a crime. Existing law sets forth various other provisions relating to the furnishing and health care coverage of certain types of contraception.

This bill would, with certain exceptions, prohibit a retail establishment, as defined, from refusing to furnish nonprescription contraception to a person solely on the basis of age by means of any conduct, including, but not limited to, requiring the customer to present identification for purposes of demonstrating their age. Under the bill, a violation of that prohibition would be exempt from the above-described criminal penalty.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.