E2SSB 5355: Improving safety at institutions of higher education while supporting student survivors of sexual assault.
Signed into law: Chapter 124, Laws of 2025
- Sponsor
- Orwall
- Introduced
- January 20, 2025
- Status
- C 124 L 25
- Last action
- Effective date 7/27/2025. (April 22, 2025)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Requires student, faculty, and staff identification cards issued at public institutions of higher education to include contact information number of a regional community-based organization focused on survivors of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and sex-based and gender-based violence that provides 24/7 support. Establishes additional requirements to the list of rights for survivors of sexual assault. Prohibits institutions of higher education from proposing, requesting, or pressuring a student reporting sexual misconduct to enter into a nondisclosure agreement.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · April 10, 202595 yea · 1 nay · 2 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 12, 202548 yea · 0 nay · 1 not voting
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