Bill Text: CA AB235 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Pupils: internet-connected devices.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-14 - From printer. May be heard in committee February 13. [AB235 Detail]

Download: California-2025-AB235-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 235

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Introduced by Assembly Member Arambula

January 13, 2025

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An act relating to pupils.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 235, as introduced, Arambula. Pupils: internet-connected devices.

Existing law requires the governing body of a school district, a county office of education, or a charter school, by July 1, 2026, to develop and adopt, and update every 5 years, a policy to limit or prohibit the use by its pupils of smartphones while the pupils are at a schoolsite or while the pupils are under the supervision and control of an employee or employees of that school district, county office of education, or charter school, as provided.

This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to establish a statewide policy to limit the use of internet-connected devices by pupils during pupil instructional time at local educational agencies.

Digest Key

Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: NO   Local Program: NO  

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Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 It is the intent of the Legislature to enact subsequent legislation to establish a statewide policy to limit the use of internet-connected devices by pupils during pupil instructional time at local educational agencies.