The Assembly Education Committee unanimously voted Aug. 27 to concur in Senate amendments to AB 1381, a teacher-misconduct screening bill, and sent the measure out of committee.
During the hearing, a presenter described AB 1381 as a gut-and-amend proposal aimed at protecting students from teachers who have committed sexual or other egregious misconduct while preserving due process rights for teachers, according to the committee’s hearing audio. The bill was also framed as a response to gaps in California’s current screening and identification system for teacher applicants, with the presenter pointing to a recent May 2026 ProPublica article on the issue.
The committee considered concurrence motions on AB 1381 and another bill, AB 302, and voted unanimously to advance both measures. The chair then announced both bills were out of committee before adjourning the hearing.
The transcript and hearing materials do not show the final bill text, the exact Senate amendments, or any fiscal analysis.
