CA SB 1063

Title: Pupil safety: identification cards.
Author: Shannon L. Grove

Summary
SB 1063, as amended, Grove. Pupil safety: identification cards. Existing law requires a public school or private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the pupil identification cards the telephone numbers for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the National Domestic Violence Hotline, and authorizes those schools to have printed on the identification cards certain other suicide-prevention and emergency-response numbers, as provided.This bill, commencing July 1, 2025, would require a public school or private school that serves pupils in any of grades 7 to 12, inclusive, and that issues pupil identification cards to have printed on the identification cards the Uniform Resource Locator (URL) for the mental health resources internet website of the county in which the public or private school is located. The bill would require schools subject to this requirement that, as of January 1, 2025, have a supply of unissued identification cards that are noncompliant with this requirement to issue the noncompliant identification cards until that supply is depleted. The bill would authorize those schools subject to these requirements to replace any or all of the required information mentioned above with a quick response (QR) code that links to the information being replaced.

Status
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.

Bill Documents
CA SB 1063 - 04/11/24 - Amended Senate
04/11/24 - CA SB 1063 (04/11/24 - Amended Senate)