On Sunday, Sept. 28 Gov. Jerry Brown announced he signed a bill that makes California the first state in the nation to define sexual consent and require an explicit yes.

The new law will require colleges to adopt certain policies including affirmative consent.

No longer will “no means no” be the standard in sexual assault cases. Introduced by Sen. Kevin de Leon, the “yes means yes” bill, as it is commonly referred to, states that silence and a lack of affirmation are not considered consent and someone who is intoxicated, drugged, or unconscious cannot consent.

Approximately 30 SDSU students came together on Thursday, Sept. 25 and met with SDSU Title X Officer and Associate Vice President Jessica Rentto to discuss the sexual assaults occurring on campus and the affirmative consent bill.

“We already require affirmative consent so once the bill is signed, we are not anticipating any changes to our policy because it is already written requiring affirmative consent,” Rentto said.

In June, an SDSU sexual assault task force began meeting to work on four components: communication, educational programs, evaluation and changing the culture on campus.

Rentto said SDSU is also working on a survey that is expected to be released in the spring to better understand numbers surrounding sexual assaults.

SDSU’s Students Affairs website offers help for victims of sexual assault with suggested readings, emergency services, and statistics.

The California State University system recently announced that in an attempt to increase student safety and prevent sexual assaults, the 23 CSU campuses will have confidential sexual assault victim advocates in place by June 2015.

View video of student protestors’ response to the new law.