California Assembly Bill AB1955 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1955AMENDED 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 .