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CA · Legislation · 2025 · SB928

Sabrina Cervantes(D)
Mike Fong(D)
Mark Gonzalez(D)
Al Muratsuchi(D)
Darshana Patel(D)
LaShae Sharp-Collins(D)
Legislation
Engrossed

Record updated Jun 11, 2026

Summary

An act to add Section 89500.3 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.

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Timeline

2026-06-11

A

Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

2026-06-10

A

Coauthors revised.

2026-06-10

A

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

2026-05-18

A

Referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

2026-04-23

S

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

2026-04-23

A

In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

2026-04-16

S

Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

2026-04-15

S

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

Bill Text

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Amended  IN  Senate  March 24, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 928

Introduced by Senator Cervantes

January 29, 2026

An act relating to artificial intelligence. An act to add Section 89500.3 to the Education Code, relating to public postsecondary education.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


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.

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 89500.3 is added to the Education Code, to read:

89500.3.
 (a) (1) For purposes of this section, “faculty employee” includes, but is not limited to, an employee of the California State University who is a professor, lecturer, librarian, counselor, or coach.
(2) The faculty employee positions described in paragraph (1) include, but are not limited to, instructional and noninstructional positions.
(3) The faculty employee positions described in paragraph (1) include, but are not limited to, full-time, part-time, probationary, tenured, temporary, and extension for credit positions.
(b) The instructor of record for a course of instruction shall be a person who meets the rule to serve as a faculty employee teaching credit instruction or a faculty employee teaching noncredit instruction established pursuant to Section 89500.
(c) A California State University faculty employee shall be a person who meets the rule to serve in that position established pursuant to Section 89500.
(d) This section does not prohibit California State University employees from using artificial intelligence tools to assist in the operations of the California State University or in providing services to California State University students.

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation to protect California State University employees from the encroachment of artificial intelligence.

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