KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to California

SCR-82 • 2026

Public higher education: artificial intelligence usage.

Public higher education: artificial intelligence usage.

Education Technology
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Niello
Last action
2025-08-18
Official status
Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and P. & C.P.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the workgroup should be formed or specific actions after the report is made public.

Using AI in California's Public Colleges

This resolution encourages leaders of California’s public universities to form a group that will review and report on the use of artificial intelligence in higher education.

What This Bill Does

  • Encourages the presidents and chancellors of three big groups of colleges to create a workgroup to review AI usage in higher education.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Leaders of public universities in California

Terms To Know

Artificial Intelligence (AI)
Computer systems that can do tasks that usually need human intelligence, like learning from data or solving problems.
Workgroup
A group of people who work together to solve a problem or complete a task.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The resolution does not specify how the workgroup should be formed.
  • It is unclear what specific actions will follow after the report is made public.

Bill History

  1. 2025-08-18 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and P. & C.P.

  2. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    In Assembly. Held at Desk.

  3. 2025-07-10 California Legislative Information

    Read. Adopted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2040.) Ordered to the Assembly.

  4. 2025-07-03 California Legislative Information

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

  5. 2025-07-02 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Be adopted. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1906.) (July 2).

  6. 2025-06-19 California Legislative Information

    Set for hearing July 2.

  7. 2025-05-28 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

  8. 2025-05-15 California Legislative Information

    Introduced. Referred to Com. on RLS.

Official Summary Text

SCR 82, as introduced, Niello.
Public higher education: artificial intelligence usage.
This measure would encourage the President of the University of California, the Chancellor of the California State University, and the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to create a workgroup of faculty, staff, and administrators to review the use of artificial intelligence in higher education, and create a report and make public the strategies and best practices for artificial intelligence usage agreed upon by the workgroup.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
Download Bill PDF