CA AB1578 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Passed on September 27 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Section 53237.1 of, and to add Section 12950.4 to, the Government Code, relating to public officials.

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Title

State agency officials: training on responding to hate: local agency officials: anti-hate speech training.

Sponsors


Roll Calls

2026-08-30 - Assembly - AB 1578 Jackson Concurrence in Senate Amendments (Y: 59 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-08-30 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB1578 Jackson et al. By Wiener (Y: 30 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-13 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-08-03 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-06-23 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 11 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-06-17 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] (Y: 4 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-05-26 - Assembly - AB 1578 Jackson Assembly Third Reading (Y: 58 N: 18 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Assembly - Do pass (Y: 11 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-22 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 16 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-04-15 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] (Y: 8 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

DateChamberAction
2026-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 526, Statutes of 2026.
2026-09-27 Approved by the Governor.
2026-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2026-08-30AssemblySenate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 17. Page 6911.).
2026-08-30AssemblyIn Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30SenateRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.).
2026-08-27SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-26SenateRead third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-24SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-21SenateRead third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-13SenateRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13SenateFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
2026-08-03SenateIn committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-23SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-17SenateFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-06-03SenateReferred to Coms. on L. GOV. and G.O.
2026-05-27SenateIn Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-26AssemblyRead third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18.)
2026-05-22AssemblyRead third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1578.)
2026-05-18AssemblyRead second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14AssemblyFrom committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
2026-05-06AssemblyIn committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-23AssemblyFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-16AssemblyFrom committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-04-16Assembly(Pending re-refer to Com. on G.O.)
2026-04-16AssemblyAssembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4663.)
2026-04-07AssemblyRe-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-04-06AssemblyFrom committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-09AssemblyReferred to Coms. on L. GOV. and G.O.
2026-01-13AssemblyFrom printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2026-01-12AssemblyRead first time. To print.

Code Citations

ChapterSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
Government Code12950.4New CodeSee Bill Text
Government Code53237.1Amended CodeCitation Text

California State Sources

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