For the 2026 legislative session, CFA members are proud to sponsor six bills that protect faculty from AI encroachments, limit executive pay, and more.  

Here are our CFA-sponsored bills we are proud to work on with legislative partners:  

  • AB 1831 (authored by Assemblymember Patrick Ahrens): CSU Executive Compensation 
    • The bill seeks to cap the pay of CSU administrators, managers, and contractors at 125% of the pay the California governor receives, or $307,411 annually. The bill would also generally prevent trustees from increasing the pay of CSU administrators, managers, and contractors during any fiscal year in which they authorize an increase in student tuition.
    • Additionally, the bill would require trustees to repeal a November 2025 resolution increasing executive compensation for campus presidents.
  • AB 2068 (authored by Assemblymember Damon Connolly): CSU Presidential Search 
    • This bill would create a presidential search process that centers campus community needs and input when selecting a campus president. If this bill passes, faculty members and community members would be able to have more input into this process. 
  • AB 2159 (authored by Assemblymember Robert Garcia): Clarifying Educational Equity 
    • The bill would resolve the urgent concerns raised by the education community, and referenced in the message Governor Gavin Newsom wrote when he signed AB 715 (Chapter 428, Statutes 2025), by 1) removing the United States National Strategy to Counter Antisemitism as the basis to identify antisemitism, 2) requiring the Antisemitism Prevention Coordinator to be hired through a merit-based civil service process based on qualifications, and 3) removing the vague and subjective terms as a basis for discrimination complaints.  
  • AB 2523 (authored by Assemblymember Mike Fong): Public Accessibility in Higher Education Governing Boards 
    • This bill would require the CSU and California Community Colleges to post professional contact information online for members of the respective governing bodies. It would also request the University of California (UC) do the same.  
    • This bill will make it easier to reach trustees. Trustees are public servants in this capacity and should be accessible to the public.    
  • SB 928 (authored by Senator Sabrina Cervantes): Protections for CSU Faculty from AI Encroachments 
    • The bill would enact guardrails to prevent CSU faculty jobs from being replaced by AI. This bill would 1) define that a faculty member be human, and 2) require that an instructor of record for a course be human. 
  • SB 1101 (authored by Senator Sasha Renée Pérez): Sharing Personal Information Notice 
    • This bill would require the CSU,California Community Colleges, and private universities, and request the UC to notify faculty, staff, and students when their personal information is shared with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights a part of an investigative, compliance, or enforcement action. If passed, the CSU, UC, and community colleges would notify faculty, staff, and students of subpoenas for personal information as soon as reasonably practical before complying. This could give people time to proceed with legal action to block the dispersal of information. 
    • CFA sees this bill as an expansion of the settlement agreement we reached with CSU in January regarding our lawsuit over the disclosure of CSU Los Angeles faculty’s personal information.  

CFA is working on a bill that would change the makeup of the CSU Board of Trustees.  

We are also working with Assemblymember Elhawary about another possible bill. CFA members will be supporting a series of conversations with legislators about the CSU’s Time, Place, and Manner policy and its impact on students. 

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