Bill Text: CA AB1840 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Chaptered


Bill Title: State agencies: interns and student assistants: hiring preference.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-21 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 404, Statutes of 2016. [AB1840 Detail]

Download: California-2015-AB1840-Chaptered.html
BILL NUMBER: AB 1840	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  404
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 24, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 1, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 11, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 17, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Gipson
   (Coauthor: Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia)

                        FEBRUARY 9, 2016

   An act to amend Section 18220 of the Government Code, relating to
public employment.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1840, Gipson. State agencies: interns and student assistants:
hiring preference.
   Existing law requires state agencies, when hiring for internships
and student assistant positions, to give preference, as defined, to
persons who are, or have been, dependent children in foster care.
Existing law requires the preference to be granted to applicants up
to 26 years of age.
   This bill would require state agencies, when hiring for
internships and student assistant positions, also to give preference
to homeless youth and formerly incarcerated youth, as defined. This
bill would also require any application for an internship and student
assistant position with a state agency to allow the applicant to
identify that the applicant is eligible for these preferences, but
would prohibit the application from requiring the applicant to
identify the specific category that entitles him or her for
eligibility.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 18220 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   18220.  (a) State agencies, when hiring for internships and
student assistant positions, shall give preference to a qualified
applicant who is, or has been, a dependent child in foster care, a
homeless youth, or a formerly incarcerated youth. The preference
shall be granted to applicants who are up to 26 years of age.
   (b) Any application for an internship and student assistant
position with a state agency shall allow the applicant to identify
that the applicant is eligible for a preference under this section,
but the application shall not require the applicant to identify the
specific category that entitles him or her for eligibility.
   (c) For the purpose of this section, the following definitions
shall apply:
   (1) "Preference" means priority over similarly qualified
applicants for placement in the position.
   (2) "Homeless youth" means an applicant up to 26 years of age, who
has been verified as a homeless child or youth, as defined in
subsection (2) of Section 725 of the federal McKinney-Vento Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 11434a(2)), by at least one of the
following:
   (A) A homeless services provider, as defined in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (d) of Section 103577 of the Health and Safety Code.
   (B) The director, or his or her designee, of a federal TRIO
program or a Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs program.
   (C) A financial aid administrator.
   (3) "Formerly incarcerated youth" means an individual who has been
sentenced to incarceration in, or the custody of, the Division of
Adult Operations in the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation,
Division of Juvenile Justice in the Department of Corrections and
Rehabilitation, or county jail and released from that incarceration
or custody before the individual attained 21 years of age.

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