California AB 1669: Speed limits: Orange Park Acres: equestrian trails.

Bill Text

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 
 Bill Text - AB-1669 Student health: medical leaves of absence: mental health.

• 

• skip to content

• home

• accessibility

• FAQ

• feedback

• sitemap

• login

• x

 Quick Search:

 Bill Number
 Bill Keyword

• 

• 

• 

• 

• 

• Home

• Bill Information

• California Law

• Publications

• Other Resources

• My Subscriptions

• My Favorites

• Bill Information
 >>

• Bill Search
 >>

• Text

 Bill Text

 PDF2
 Bill PDF

 |Add To My Favorites |Track Bill | Version: 06/15/26 - Amended Senate
 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly
 03/09/26 - Amended Assembly
 02/02/26 - Introduced

 AB-1669 Student health: medical leaves of absence: mental health.(2025-2026)

 Text

 >>

 Votes

 >>

 History
 >>

 Bill Analysis
 >>

 Today's Law As Amended
 >>

 Compare Versions
 >>

 Status
 >>

 Comments To Author

 >>

 Track Bill
 >>

 Add To My Favorites
 >>

 SHARE THIS:

 Date Published: 06/15/2026 09:00 PM

AB1669:v96#DOCUMENTBill Start

 Amended
 IN 
 Senate
 June 15, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 April 16, 2026

 Amended
 IN 
 Assembly
 March 09, 2026

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
 2025–2026 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill

No. 1669

Introduced by Assembly Member Pacheco
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Fong Fong, Papan, and Patel)

February 02, 2026

An act to add Section 66025.2 to the Education Code, relating to postsecondary education. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1669, as amended, Pacheco.
 Student health: medical leaves of absence: mental health.

The Donahoe Higher Education Act sets forth, among other things, the missions and functions of California’s public and independent segments of higher education and their respective institutions of higher education. The act requests the Regents of the University of California, and requires the Trustees of the California State University, to require each campus in their respective segments to grant students the right to reenroll in their baccalaureate degree program after withdrawing or stopping out, if the student was in good academic standing with the university.

This bill, commencing with the 2027–28 academic year, would require a campus of the University of California, the California State University, or the California Community Colleges, a private postsecondary educational institution, or an independent institution of higher education to (1)
 adopt a written policy to allow a student to take a voluntary medical leave of absence for a period to be determined by the postsecondary educational institution, or for a period of up to one academic year, whichever is longer, and (2) provide reasonable accommodations to a student facing a medical challenge, without requiring the student to provide documentation of the medical challenge, so that
 the student is able complete their course of study and research. longer. The bill would prohibit the leave of absence policy from, among other things, requiring a student who takes a medical leave of absence to submit an official notice of withdrawal to the postsecondary educational institution. The bill would require a postsecondary educational institution, among other things, to provide post the medical leave of absence policy to students and all employees on the institution’s internet website and notify students and faculty of the location of
 the posted policy on its internet website by sending an email at the beginning of each academic semester or term. These provisions would apply to the University of California only to the extent that the regents, by appropriate resolution, make them applicable. By imposing additional duties on community college districts, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program.

The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.

This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Digest Key

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

Bill Text

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

SECTION 1.

 Section 66025.2 is added to the Education Code, to read:

66025.2.

 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1) Nearly one-half of college students endure mental health challenges.

(2) These mental health challenges include struggles with depression, anxiety, eating disorders, substance use disorders, and other challenges.

(3) Research indicates that poor mental health significantly affects a person’s day-to-day functioning and impedes academic performance.

(4) Student mental and physical health are vital to a student’s educational
 success.

(5) College students do not have easy access to appropriate tools or institutional support to manage these mental health chal