California Community Colleges could punish off-campus sexual assault under a proposed new bill.

Senate Bill 186 was changed as of March 17, 2015 and is still in the process of approval. The bill would allow community colleges in the state to discipline students who commit violent crimes, whether on or off campus, through expulsion or suspension.

The amendment of the bill was made to determine and clarify the punishment student offenders would receive. This specifically includes the provision that if the victim who was assaulted was not related to college activity or attendance, the offender attending the college could be punished as far as suspension or expulsion through the school.

The bill was proposed in late August of last year, following the UC and CSU systems’ passing the “Yes Means Yes bill, ” which changed how campus officials investigate sexual assault allegations, as well as the definition of consent under the bill, requiring “an affirmative, unambiguous and conscious decision” by each party to engage in sexual activity.

Senator Hannah-Beth Jackson proposed this bill so that community colleges throughout the state could have the power to address sexual assaults by disciplining students who commit these crimes, including off campus offenses. The transfer of power to the community colleges to chastise students are intended to encourage responsibility and good behavior.

Currently, the California Community College system only has the power to remove students or punish them for “continued disruptive behavior, continued willful disobedience, habitual profanity or vulgarity, or the open and persistent defiance of the authority of, or persistent abuse of, college personnel,” according to the California government legal information website.