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SB-48 • 2026

Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Gonzalez (S) , Fong (A) , Ward (A) , Weber Pierson
Last action
2025-10-07
Official status
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 429, Statutes of 2025.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date of SB-48 has not been specified.

Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators

This law requires the Office of Civil Rights to hire four new coordinators to prevent and address discrimination based on religion, race or ethnicity, gender, and LGBTQ status in California schools.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Religious Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Race and Ethnicity Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Gender Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, and an LGBTQ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator.
  • Specifies that each coordinator must be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students in California public schools
  • The Office of Civil Rights within the Government Operations Agency

Terms To Know

Office of Civil Rights
A part of the government that works to stop discrimination and bias in educational settings.
Discrimination Prevention Coordinator
Someone who helps prevent unfair treatment based on certain characteristics like religion, race, gender, or sexual orientation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This law only takes effect if AB 715 is also passed.
  • The exact date when this law will start working is not specified yet.

Bill History

  1. 2025-10-07 California Legislative Information

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 429, Statutes of 2025.

  2. 2025-10-07 California Legislative Information

    Approved by the Governor.

  3. 2025-09-23 California Legislative Information

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

  4. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 5. Page 3048.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

  5. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  6. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 3. Page 3437.) Ordered to the Senate.

  7. 2025-09-13 California Legislative Information

    Joint Rule 61(a)(14) and 51(a)(4) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 20. Page 3414.)

  8. 2025-09-12 California Legislative Information

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  9. 2025-09-12 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) .

  10. 2025-09-11 California Legislative Information

    Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.

  11. 2025-09-10 California Legislative Information

    Joint Rule 61(a) suspended. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3190.)

  12. 2025-09-10 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  13. 2025-09-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  14. 2025-07-14 California Legislative Information

    July 15 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  15. 2025-07-09 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  16. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  17. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  18. 2025-06-09 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and JUD.

  19. 2025-06-03 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  20. 2025-06-02 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 1361.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  21. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. 2025-05-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1189.) (May 23).

  23. 2025-05-16 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 23.

  24. 2025-05-12 California Legislative Information

    May 12 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  25. 2025-05-02 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing May 12.

  26. 2025-04-30 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1. Page 938.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  27. 2025-04-23 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  28. 2025-04-10 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 29.

  29. 2025-04-09 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  30. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  31. 2025-04-03 California Legislative Information

    Withdrawn from committee.

  32. 2025-04-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 633.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S.

  33. 2025-03-24 California Legislative Information

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  34. 2025-03-19 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 2.

  35. 2025-03-03 California Legislative Information

    March 19 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.

  36. 2025-03-03 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing March 19.

  37. 2025-01-29 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and PUB. S.

  38. 2025-01-06 California Legislative Information

    Read first time.

  39. 2024-12-17 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.

  40. 2024-12-16 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 48, Gonzalez.
Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators.
Existing law states the policy of the State of California is to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. AB 715 of the 2025–26 Regular Session proposes to, among other things, (1) establish the Office of Civil Rights, under the administration of the Government Operations Agency, with the purpose of working directly with local educational agencies to prevent and address discrimination and bias, as specified, and (2) state the intent of the Legislature to enact future legislation to establish coordinators to be employed within the Office of Civil Rights to
prevent and address discrimination and bias.
This bill would require the Office of Civil Rights to employ a Religious Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Race and Ethnicity Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, a Gender Discrimination Prevention Coordinator, and an LGBTQ Discrimination Prevention Coordinator. The bill would require each of the coordinators to be appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate.
This bill would make the operation of its provisions contingent upon the enactment of AB 715 of the 2025–26 Regular Session.

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