Bill Text: CA AB1750 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Assembly Bill 1750 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Elected officials: sexual harassment settlement agreements: liability.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2018-01-04 - From printer. May be heard in committee February 3. [AB1750 Detail]

Download: California-2017-AB1750-Introduced.html

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2017–2018 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 1750

Introduced by Assembly Members McCarty, Baker, Cristina Garcia, Gloria, Gonzalez Fletcher, Kalra, Limón, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, and Waldron

January 03, 2018

An act relating to elected officials.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 1750, as introduced, McCarty. Elected officials: sexual harassment settlement agreements: liability.

The Government Claims Act governs the liability and immunity of public entities and their officers and employees, claims and actions against public entities and their officers and employees, insurance indemnification, and the defense of public officers and employees.

This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require an elected official to reimburse a public entity that pays any compromise or settlement of a claim or action involving conduct that constitutes sexual harassment, if an investigation reveals evidence supporting the claim of sexual harassment against the elected official.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would require an elected official to reimburse a public entity that pays any compromise or settlement of a claim or action involving conduct that constitutes sexual harassment, if an investigation reveals evidence supporting the claim of sexual harassment against the elected official.