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AB 727

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2025-2026 Regular Session Introduced by Margaret Arney and 16 co-sponsors

Public schools and colleges must print The Trevor Project LGBTQ+ suicide hotline on student IDs starting July 1, 2026 to improve crisis access.

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Bill Summary · AB 727

AB 727 (Mark González) — Summary: Pupil and student safety — identification cards

Status: Chaptered (Governor approved Oct 10, 2025). Chapter 483, Statutes of 2025.
Primary code amended: Education Code §215.5

Purpose / intent

AB 727 adds targeted crisis contact information for LGBTQ+ youth to student identification cards. The bill’s stated aim is to increase access to specialized suicide prevention resources for pupils who identify as LGBTQ+, citing research on elevated rates of bullying, threats, and suicidal ideation among LGBTQ+ young people.

Key provisions

  • Adds a new required entry to student ID cards (amends Education Code §215.5):
    • Commencing July 1, 2026, public schools (including charter schools) that serve grades 7–12 and public institutions of higher education that issue student identification cards must print The Trevor Project’s LGBTQ+ suicide hotline on either side of those cards:
    • Telephone: 1-866-488-7386
    • Text line: text START to 678-678
  • The bill is additive to existing identification-card requirements already in statute, which include:
    • 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (requirement effective July 1, 2025 for grades 7–12)
    • National Domestic Violence Hotline (1‑800‑799‑7233; effective Oct 1, 2020)
    • Optional QR code linking to county mental-health resources (permitted as of July 1, 2025)
    • Existing higher-education ID requirements (e.g., National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Crisis Text Line) remain in effect; AB 727 extends the Trevor Project contact to public higher-education IDs effective July 1, 2026.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Public school districts, charter schools serving grades 7–12, and public institutions of higher education in California that issue student/pupil identification cards.
  • Secondary: Students (especially LGBTQ+ students), school administrators, campus ID vendors/printers, and school mental-health/crisis-response systems.

Timeline & procedural history (selected)

  • Introduced: Feb 18, 2025.
  • Committee referrals, amendments, and floor actions in Assembly and Senate during 2025.
  • Passed both houses (final Senate concurrence Sept 10, 2025).
  • Enrolled and presented to Governor Sept 22, 2025.
  • Approved by Governor and chaptered Oct 10, 2025.
  • Statutory compliance dates specified in the bill: Trevor Project hotline printing required as of July 1, 2026.

Fiscal and operational notes

  • No appropriation in the bill. It was referred to fiscal committees (fiscal committee: yes) but indicates "Appropriation: NO."
  • Operational impact is largely administrative (adding printed text to ID cards); costs (reprinting or updated designs) would be borne locally and are expected to be modest.

Context / findings cited

The bill includes legislative findings summarizing research and statistics (e.g., Trevor Project data on suicidal ideation and attempts among LGBTQ+ youth, FBI reporting on school-based hate crimes) to justify the need for LGBTQ+-specific crisis contact information in school settings.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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