BILL NUMBER: AB 1955	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  JUNE 21, 2012

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Block

                        FEBRUARY 23, 2012

   An act to add Section 66303 to the Education Code, relating to
public postsecondary education.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1955, as amended, Block. Public postsecondary education: campus
law enforcement agency and student liaison.
   Existing law prohibits the Regents of the University of
California, the Trustees of the California State University, and the
governing board of a community college district from making or
enforcing a rule subjecting a student to disciplinary sanction solely
on the basis of conduct that is speech or other communication that
is protected by specified provisions of the United States
Constitution and the California Constitution.
   This bill would require, for purposes of promoting peaceful campus
demonstrations, the Trustees of the California State University to
 designate an individual at   require  each
campus of the California State University  to designate an
individual  to serve as a liaison between campus law enforcement
agencies and students exercising rights guaranteed by the  First
Amendment to the  United States Constitution  and
  or a similar provision of the  California
Constitution  , or both  . The bill would request that the
Regents of the University of California designate an individual at
each campus of the University of California to serve as a liaison
between campus law enforcement agencies and students exercising
rights guaranteed by the  First Amendment to the  United
States Constitution  and   or a similar prov
  ision of  the California Constitution , or both
 .
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 66303 is added to the Education Code, to read:
   66303.  For purposes of promoting peaceful campus demonstrations,
the Trustees of the California State University shall 
designate an individual at   require  each campus
of the California State University  to designate an individual
 to serve as a liaison between campus law enforcement agencies
and students exercising rights guaranteed by the  First Amendment
to the  United States Constitution  and  
or Section 2 of Article I of  the California Constitution  ,
or both  . The Regents of the University of California are
requested to designate an individual at each campus of the University
of California to serve as a liaison between campus law enforcement
agencies and students exercising rights guaranteed by the  First
Amendment to the  United States Constitution  and
  or Section 2 of Article I of the  California
Constitution  , or both .