California could expand protections for pregnant people who are incarcerated, ban legacy admissions at private colleges and set new requirements for colleges to address gender discrimination on campuses under proposals passed by state lawmakers Tuesday.
Assemblywoman Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, D-Orinda, during the Assembly session in Sacramento, Calif., on Monday, May 23, 2022. Bauer-Kahan, authored a bill banning prisons from placing pregnant people in solitary confinement.
The Democratic governor then has until Sept. 30 to sign the proposals, veto them or let them become law without his signature. In recent years, he has often cited theEach California State University and University of California campus would be required to have an office designated to handling sexual harassment complaints under Title IX, a federal law barring sex discrimination in education.
Another bill would require pregnant women to be referred to a social worker within a week of entering prison to talk about options for parenting classes. Mothers who just gave birth would be required to stay at a medical facility for as long as the medical provider says is necessary. Each mother would be given bonding time with her infant at the medical facility, and she would be allowed to pump and to have her breast milk stored after returning to prison so it can be provided to the newborn.
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