AB 2242 California Assembly · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Pupil safety: sextortion informational poster.

Summary

Existing law requires each educational institution in the state to have a written policy on sexual harassment and to display that policy in a prominent location, as defined, in the main administrative building or other area of the educational institution's campus or schoolsite. Existing law requires each schoolsite in a school district, county office of education, or charter school, serving pupils in any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, to create a poster that notifies pupils of that policy and to prominently and conspicuously display the poster in each bathroom and locker room at the schoolsite, as specified. This bill would require each school district, county office of education, and charter school maintaining any combination of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, on or before the start of the 2027–28 school year, to display, at each schoolsite, as defined, in at least one men's restroom, one women's restroom, and one all-gender restroom used by pupils a legible poster printed in both English and a primary language other than English spoken by at least 15% of pupils enrolled at the schoolsite, that contains specified information relating to sextortion, including, among other information, an age-appropriate description of sextortion, as defined, and contact information for local, state, and federal law enforcement for purposes of reporting or seeking assistance relating to sextortion. The bill would require the department, on or before July 1, 2027, to develop and post on its internet website a model template of the poster for use by those local educational agencies. By imposing additional duties on local educational agencies, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Issues: ✓ Education

Bill status passed both 4 of 5 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2026

Committee Review

Aug 2026

Assembly Passage

May 2026

Senate Passage

Aug 2026

Governor

Introduced Feb 19, 2026 Last action Aug 28, 2026

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What changed between versions

06/11/26 - Amended Senate → AB2242 · 1 edit

MINOR

The diff between these two versions of AB 2242 reflects primarily a formatting and presentation change rather than a substantive policy modification. The 'from' version is the formal legislative document with line numbers and page markers, while the 'to' version is a reformatted web-based presentation of the same bill text. The actual policy content of Section 231.8 - requiring sextortion informational posters in middle and high school restrooms by the 2027-28 school year - is unchanged.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from the official legislative document style (with line numbers, page breaks, and formal headers) to a web-based presentation format. Web navigation elements (skip to content, home, accessibility, FAQ, etc.) were added. The substantive policy language of Section 231.8 is identical in both versions.

03/26/26 - Amended Assembly → 06/11/26 - Amended Senate · 5 edits · Jun 11, 2026

MODERATE

The Senate amendment to AB 2242 shifts the poster display obligation from 'each public school' to 'each local educational agency' (school district, county office of education, or charter school), adds a specific requirement to include the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline on the sextortion awareness poster, and makes several clarifying edits to language requirements and restroom specifications. The core policy - requiring grades 7-12 schools to display bilingual sextortion information posters by the 2027-28 school year - remains unchanged.

SCOPE

The entity responsible for displaying the poster changed from 'each public school' (defined as a school operated by a district, COE, or charter school) to 'each local educational agency' (defined as the school district, county office of education, or charter school itself that maintains grades 7-12). This places the obligation on the governing entity rather than individual schools.

REQUIREMENT

The poster must now specifically include contact information for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline as a standalone item (item 2), in addition to law enforcement contacts. The general 'national suicide prevention hotline' requirement is retained in item 3.

The language requirement was changed from 'printed in both English and [a primary language other than English spoken by at least 15 percent of pupils]' to 'printed in English and any primary language other than English spoken by at least 15 percent.' The removal of the word 'both' is a minor clarification.

TECHNICAL

The restroom specification was cleaned up from confusing amendment markup ('one men's restroom and restroom, one women's restroom restroom') to a clear list: 'one men's restroom, one women's restroom, and one all-gender restroom.'

Item (4) of the poster content was clarified from 'regarding sextortion online enticement, including sextortion' to 'regarding online enticement, including sextortion,' removing a redundant reference.

Floor votes · Senate Aug 20, 2026 · Assembly May 28, 2026

How they voted

39–0

Passed · 1 other

Total votes 40

Aug 20, 2026

D Democratic30

29 Yea 1

96% Yea

R Republican10

10 Yea

100% Yea

Vote distribution

All Yea All Nay Mixed No data

Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions

Key actions

Committee

Amendments

Aug 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0.).

lower

Aug 20, 2026

Introduced

In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

lower

Aug 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.).

upper

Aug 13, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 13).

upper

Aug 3, 2026

Committee

In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

upper

Jun 25, 2026

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

upper

Jun 11, 2026

Introduced

From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

upper

Jun 10, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on ED.

upper

May 28, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 5543.)

lower

May 14, 2026

Lower · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 14).

lower

May 6, 2026

Committee

In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

lower

Apr 6, 2026

Committee

Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

lower

Mar 26, 2026

Lower · Passed

Read second time and amended.

lower

Mar 25, 2026

Introduced

From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 25).

lower

Mar 9, 2026

Committee

Referred to Com. on ED.

lower

Feb 20, 2026

Lower · Passed

From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

lower

1 primary · 0 co-sponsors