AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 11, 2026

AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 26, 2026

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

97

Introduced by Assembly Member Davies

February 19, 2026

An act to add Section 231.8 to the Education Code, relating to pupil safety.

Vote: majority   Appropriation: no   Fiscal committee: yes   Local program: yes

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

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.

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

SECTION 1.

Section 231.8 is added to the Education Code, immediately following Section 231.7, to read:

231.8.

(a) On or before the start of the 2027–28 school year, each local educational agency shall display, at each schoolsite it maintains, in at least one men’s restroom, one women’s restroom, and one all-gender restroom used by pupils, a legible poster printed in English and any primary language other than English spoken by at least 15 percent of pupils enrolled at the schoolsite, determined pursuant to Section 48985, that is at least 12 by 18 inches in size that contains all of the following information:

(1) An age-appropriate description of sextortion.

(2) Contact information for the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. local, state, and federal law enforcement for purposes of reporting and seeking assistance related to sextortion.

(3) Contact information for a national suicide prevention hotline. the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.

(4) The Uniform Resource Locator (URL), quick response (QR) code, or other similar resource to identify the internet website for informational and support resources regarding online enticement, including sextortion, provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children or any federally funded successor entity.

(b) On or before July 1, 2027, the department shall develop and post on the department’s internet website a model template of the poster described in subdivision (a) for use by local educational agencies.

(c) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:

(1) “Local educational agency” means a school district, county office of education, or charter school maintaining any combination of grades 7 to 12, inclusive.

(2) “Schoolsite” means a school serving any combination of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, maintained by a local educational agency.

(3) “Sextortion” means the threat to use sexual or intimate images or videos, however obtained, to compel another person to produce sexual or intimate images or videos, engage in sexual acts, or provide anything of value.

SEC. 2.

If the Commission on State Mandates determines that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.