{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"66260.6","citation":"Ed. Code, § 66260.6","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 3. POSTSECONDARY EDUCATION [66000. - 101460.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3"},{"name":"DIVISION 5. GENERAL PROVISIONS [66000. - 70115.2.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5"},{"name":"PART 40. DONAHOE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT [66000. - 67400.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40"},{"name":"CHAPTER 4.5. Equity in Higher Education Act [66250. - 66294.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40/chapter-4.5"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Definitions [66260. - 66264.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-3/division-5/part-40/chapter-4.5/article-2"}],"history":"Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 779, Sec. 2.   (SB 183)   Effective January 1, 2019.","effective":"2019-01-01","html":"<p>“Disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section <a href=\"/pen/422.55\">422.55</a> of the Penal Code, including immigration status,” includes a perception that the person has any of those characteristics or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.</p>","text":"“Disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code, including immigration status,” includes a perception that the person has any of those characteristics or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/definitions-66260-6","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}