CA AB1578 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 1578

Status

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Engrossed on May 26 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-08-27 - Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [HTML]

Summary

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

Title

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

Roll Calls

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

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-08-27	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-26	Senate	Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-24	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-21	Senate	Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-13	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 13).
2026-08-03	Senate	In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-06-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (June 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-17	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-06-03	Senate	Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and G.O.
2026-05-27	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-05-26	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 18.)
2026-05-22	Assembly	Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1578.)
2026-05-18	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
2026-05-06	Assembly	In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-23	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-04-16	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 15). Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-04-16	Assembly	(Pending re-refer to Com. on G.O.)
2026-04-16	Assembly	Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 4663.)
2026-04-07	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.
2026-04-06	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-09	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and G.O.
2026-01-13	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee February 12.
2026-01-12	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	12950.4	New Code	See Bill Text
Government Code	53237.1	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1578
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1578#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1578#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1578#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1578#96AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1578#95AMD
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1578