Restraining orders: educational institutions.

Line numbers and page headers/footers were removed from the statutory text, converting it from the amended assembly format to the clean enrolled bill format.

Enrolled bill administrative elements were added: passage dates for both chambers (Senate August 27, 2026; Assembly August 26, 2026) and a line for the Governor's receipt date.

A typo in the short title was corrected from 'amend amend' to 'amend.'

The coauthor list (Senators Ochoa Bogh and Weber Pierson) was removed from the enrolled version header, leaving only the introduction by Senator Niello.

Removed the institution's ability to seek a temporary restraining order on its own behalf when violence or a credible threat is directed at the campus or facility (former subdivision a(2)). Only student-directed orders remain, and they require the student's written consent.

Removed the institution-level protective order that enjoined behavior directed at 'a school campus or facility' (former subdivision b(8)(C)).

The act description was changed from 'amend Section 527.85' to 'amend, repeal, and add Section 527.85,' reflecting the more substantial restructuring of the section.

Removed 'course of conduct' items covering telephone calls or correspondence sent to the campus, its employees, or the chief administrative officer (former items E, F, and G). The definition now only covers communications directed at a student.

Added an operative date of January 1, 2026 and a sunset provision repealing the section as of July 1, 2029, making this a temporary measure with a defined expiration.

Added Section 1.5 containing an alternative version of Section 527.85 that would apply only if both this bill and AB 1753 are enacted and this bill is enacted last, serving as a legislative coordination mechanism.

Senator Weber Pierson was added as a coauthor alongside Senator Ochoa Bogh.

New subdivision (a)(3) requires the Judicial Council to adopt or modify forms, as needed, to implement the section by January 1, 2028.

The trigger for seeking a restraining order was clarified from 'which has received become aware of an unlawful violence' (a drafting error containing both phrases) to 'which has become aware of an unlawful violence or a credible threat of violence towards a campus.'

Subparagraphs (F) and (G) of the 'course of conduct' definition changed 'computer email' to simply 'email' in both instances.

Subdivision (e) removed the reference to 'Section 527,' keeping only 'Section 527.85' as the governing provision for obtaining a temporary restraining order, which is the specific statute for postsecondary educational institutions.

In the 'course of conduct' definition, subparagraph (E) was changed from 'to the school campus or facility. campus or its employees' to 'to the campus or its employees,' removing the redundant and confusing reference to 'school campus or facility.'

The standard for a postsecondary institution to petition for a restraining order was lowered from having 'received' unlawful violence or a credible threat to having 'become aware of' such violence or threat, making it easier for institutions to act on threats they learn about indirectly.

The course of conduct definition for communications to the school was expanded from covering only 'the school campus or facility' to also include 'its employees,' broadening who is protected under institutional restraining orders.

Email correspondence was explicitly added as a form of conduct covered under the definition of 'course of conduct,' alongside telephone calls, when directed at students or the school campus/facility.

The definition of a temporary restraining order now explicitly includes 'emailing' as a prohibited activity and adds 'sending annoying email correspondence' alongside 'making annoying telephone calls' as conduct that can be enjoined.

A cross-reference in subdivision (e) was corrected from citing only 'Section 527' to citing 'Section 527, 527.85,' clarifying the specific statutory provision governing temporary restraining orders under this section.