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SB-928 • 2026

California State University: faculty employees.

California State University: faculty employees.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Cervantes
Last action
2026-06-11
Official status
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

California State University: faculty employees.

SB 928, as amended, Cervantes.

What This Bill Does

  • SB 928, as amended, Cervantes.
  • Artificial intelligence: California State University.
  • University: faculty employees.
  • Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2026-06-11 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  2. 2026-06-10 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (June 9).

  3. 2026-06-10 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  4. 2026-05-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  5. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

  6. 2026-04-23 California Legislative Information

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4033.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  7. 2026-04-16 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  8. 2026-04-15 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 3898.) (April 15).

  9. 2026-04-09 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing April 15.

  10. 2026-04-08 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  11. 2026-03-24 California Legislative Information

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

  12. 2026-02-11 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Com. on RLS.

  13. 2026-01-30 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.

  14. 2026-01-29 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Official Summary Text

SB 928, as amended, Cervantes.
Artificial intelligence:
California State
University.
University: faculty employees.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University, as one of the segments of public postsecondary education in the state. Existing law requires the trustees to provide by rule for the government of their appointees and employees, including, among other things, rules related to appointment, classification, and duties. Existing law requires certain community college employees to be a person who meets specified minimum qualifications, as provided.
This bill would explicitly require the instructor of record for a course of instruction to be a person who meets the rule provided by
the trustees to serve as a faculty employee, as described, teaching credit instruction or noncredit instruction. The bill would also explicitly require a California State University faculty employee to be a person who meets the rule provided by the trustees to serve in that position.
Existing law establishes the California State University, under the administration of the Trustees of the California State University.
Existing law establishes within the
Government Operations Agency the Department of Technology. Existing law requires the Department of Technology to conduct, in coordination with other interagency bodies as it deems appropriate, a comprehensive inventory of all high-risk automated decision systems that have been proposed for use, development, or procurement by, or are being used, developed, or procured by, any state agency, including the California State University. For purposes of these provisions, existing law defines various terms, including “automated decision system” and “artificial intelligence.” Existing law requires the department to submit an annual report of the comprehensive inventory to the Assembly Committee on Privacy and Consumer Protection and the Senate Committee on Governmental Organization, until January 1, 2029.
This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to protect California State University employees from the encroachment of artificial intelligence.

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