Existing law requires compensated local agency officials to receive sexual-harassment prevention training. The training must include practical instruction concerning harassment, discrimination, and retaliation.
Effective January 1, 2028, AB 1578 requires elected local agency officials who receive compensation, salary, or stipends to receive anti-hate-speech training as a component of their sexual-harassment prevention training. The Civil Rights Department (CRD) will make an online course on “responding to hate,” which will satisfy the requirements of the law, available on its website. The anti-hate-speech training is intended to provide practical guidance concerning recognizing, reporting, engaging in or confronting workplace speech that vilifies, humiliates, or incites hatred based on specified protected characteristics.
AB 1578 takes effect January 1, 2028.
AB 1578 amends Government Code Section 53237.1 and adds Government Code Section 12950.4.
