On Tuesday, California State Assembly’s committee on higher education will debate a bill titled The Student Freedom of Association Act, which would cancel the California State University system’s all-comers policy. That policy, called “CSU Executive Order 1068,” was signed by the CSU chancellor in December 2011 and implemented last summer. It has forced campus Christian groups to allow non-Christians to lead their groups, triggering Christian groups’ refusal to back down, which in turn triggered the CSU administrators to “derecognize” the Christian groups.

The “derecognition” causes the Christian clubs elision from official directories, a termination of their campus funding, a ban on advertising their events on campus, among other penalties, according to The College Fix.

The Student Freedom of Association Act would force all public colleges and universities in the state to let campus groups set their own standards as to who can vote and who can lead. Republican Assemblywoman Shannon Grove, the sponsor of the bill, stated:

AB 1212 will require the governing bodies of UC, CSU, and California Community Colleges to adopt a policy prohibiting their respective campuses from discriminating against a student organization based on that organization’s requirement that its leaders or voting members adhere to the organization’s viewpoints or sincerely held beliefs. Essentially this legislation will protect the rights of college students to form clubs around shared beliefs,” she added.