AB 25 | McCarty D | Tracking | Student financial aid: Middle Class Scholarship Program. | Expands protection for middle-class scholarship recipients from changes in income lowering award levels. Likely little cost to SSU. | Senate Rules |
AB 252 | HoldenD | Oppose | The College Athlete Protection Act. | Some costs if a degree completion fund is needed at SSU, but a good donor opportunity. | Senate Rules |
AB 255 | Alanis R | Tracking | Public postsecondary education: priority registration for first responders. | Some benefits if SSU can recruit first responders that want to pursue degrees or degree completion | Senate Education |
AB 299 | Holden D | Pending | Hazing: educational institutions: civil liability. | Costly if hazing happens and creates litigation that is successful; extends campus into the liable parties | Senate Rules |
AB 322 | Mathis R | Pending | Veteran and California National Guard Supplemental Orientation Act of 2023. | Costs would be covered by the state, and could help more students choose SSU | Senate Rules |
AB 447 | Arambula D | Tracking | Public postsecondary education: students with disabilities: inclusive college pilot programs. | More costs, but good from some of our students that face challenges by expanding inclusion | Senate Education |
AB 461 | Ramos D | Tracking | Student safety: fentanyl test strips. | Additional costs of these strips available at Student Health Center | Senate Education |
AB 504 | Reyes D | Pending | State and local public employees: labor relations: disputes. | Little cost for SSU, simple grants the Public Employment Relations Board the ability to hear disputes on public employee labor relations issues. | Senate Rules |
AB 506 | Fong, Mike D | Pending | California State University: graduation requirement: ethnic studies. | Unsure how this is different than current Title V regs, but would require at least one 3-unit course for Ethnic Studies | Senate Rules |
AB 569 | Garcia D | Pending | Veterans: cybersecurity apprenticeship program. | Would force a new program to be developed by 2025, but it may be centralized and fully online (CalState Online) | Senate Rules |
AB 603 | Cervantes D | Tracking | Public postsecondary education: diversity: report. | More staff and administrative time to provide report on diversity | Senate Rules |
AB 607 | Kalra D | Pending | Public postsecondary education: course materials. | Increase in display costs and staff time to meet compliance of website and physical posting | Senate Rules |
AB 624 | Grayson D | Pending | Postsecondary education: disabled student services: assessments. | CSU system would be required to pay for diagnostic assessments for DSS students; UC campuses could choose, but the state needs to provide the funds either way. Increase staff time on compliance. | Senate Education |
AB 656 | McCarty D | BOT Sponsored | California State University: doctoral programs. | Could support our health sciences proposal with doctoral-level programs on campus for regional workforce. | Senate Rules |
AB 659 | Aguiar-Curry D | Tracking | Cancer Prevention Act. | Requires more immunization records (Hep B and HPV if 26 and over), adds to paperwork before admission, including grad students. Increased staff time for sure. | Senate Rules |
AB 746 | Sanchez R | Tracking | Learning-Aligned Employment Program: eligibility and priority. | Changes eligibility requirements for under-represented students and asks for prioritization for under-represented students to access learning to employment programs versus the program only being for under-represented students. Should expand availability. | Senate Education |
AB 789 | Wilson D | Pending | Student financial aid: Cal Grants: satisfactory academic progress. | Likely means fewer students are retained in the short-term or more advising staff time needed, unknown final standards. | Senate Education |
AB 793 | Bonta D | Pending | Reverse Demand: communication devices and government entities | Make police job harder if police cannot use electronic devices to identify someone or a location. | Assembly Third Reading |
AB 840 | Addis D | BOT Sponsored | Tied-house exceptions: advertising: California State University campuses. | Could provide new revenue sources (specifically wine and beer advertising) on campus/offset is alcohol advertising to students | Senate Governmental Organization |
AB 1082 | Kalra D | Pending | Authority to remove vehicles. | Small effect on SSU, unless a student car is towed and there is some fallout | Senate Rules |
AB 1123 | Addis D | Oppose | California State University: employees: paid parental leave of absence. | Probably some effects on productivity for staff, little change for faculty (same language as vetoed bill from 2022 bill cycle) | Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement |
AB 1138 | Weber D | Pending | Postsecondary education: sexual assault and sexual violence prevention: transportation services. | Would help students in crisis on campus, if and when there was an issue, unknown what agency ultimately pays for these services | Senate Education |
AB 1311 | Soria D | Pending | Public postsecondary education: allied health programs: assessment. | Establish a Hospitals First Revolving Fund that can help struggling (primarily rural) hospitals, likely little cost to SSU but perhaps some gains for healthcare programs. | Senate Rules |
AB 1524 | Lowenthal D | Pending | Postsecondary education: on-campus access to drug testing devices. | Some costs for student affairs and health services | Senate Rules |
SB 11 | Menjivar D | Oppose unless amended | California State University: mental health counseling. | Could mean an additional staff person or 2 at SSU as growth takes place. | Assembly Higher Education |
SB 28 | Glazer D | Support | Education finance: school facilities: Public Preschool, K–12, and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2024. | Large number of additional compliance hurdles and limits if bond financing is used, additional staff time and cost | Assembly Higher Education |
SB 58 | Weiner D | Pending | Controlled substances: decriminalization of certain hallucinogenic substances | Adds psilocybin, psilocyn, dimethyltryptamine (DMT), ibogaine, and mescaline to list similar to cannabis in terms of decriminalization (not full legal); Chief Oweis and other CSU Police Chiefs very concerned. | Senate Third Reading |
SB 234 | Portantino D | Tracking | Opioid antagonists: schools, college campuses, stadiums, concert venues, and amusement parks. | Extends Narcan requirement such that minimum of two staff at any and all events on campus know where Narcan is available. | Assembly Desk |
SB 307 | Ashby D | Tracking | Middle Class Scholarship Program: community colleges: current and former foster youth. | Provides more information to foster youth about scholarship programs, should help some of our students that are former foster youth. | Assembly Higher Education |
SB 447 | Atkins D | Support | GO-Biz. | Little change for SSU, expand scope and funding for GoBiz, the statewide economic development agency. | Assembly Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy |
SB 633 | Gonzalez D | Support | California DREAM Loan Program: DREAM grants. | Could help our DREAMers and future students that are DACA, potential fundraising opp | Assembly Higher Education |
SB 640 | Portantino D | Pending | California State University: food service contracts and hotel development projects. | Cost of negotiations if a labor "peace" agreement is not currently in place, costs of new service 24/7 by 2026 | Assembly Desk |
SB 661 | Bradford D | Pending | Student Athlete Bill of Rights. | For SSU, only applies if media rights are signed. | Assembly Higher Education |
SB 791 | McGuire D | Pending | Postsecondary education: academic and administrative employees: disclosure of sexual harassment. | Likely more background check burden for new hires and unknown if this violates federal employment law. | Assembly Higher Education |
SB 808 | Dodd D | Pending | California State University: terms of employment: settlements and retreat rights. | May or may not be good, depends on how final bill is written with respect to administrators and their ability to retreat | Assembly Higher Education |
SB 829 | Wilk D | Pending | Ticketing | Basically keeps Ticketmaster (or similar primary ticket provider) businesses from exclusive agreements | Senate 3rd Reading |
SB 856 | Glazer D | Pending | California State University students: California Promise: Finish in Four and Through in Two. | Good for recruiting needs to be managed, especially if SSU struggles to recruit new freshman and transfers | Assembly Higher Education |