Bill Text: CA AB1887 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: State government: discrimination: travel.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Passed) 2016-09-27 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 687, Statutes of 2016. [AB1887 Detail]

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BILL NUMBER: AB 1887	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Low
   (  Coauthor:   Assembly Member 
 Ting   Coauthors:   Assembly Members
  Chiu   and Ting  )

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2016

   An act to add Section 11139.8 to the Government Code, relating to
discrimination.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1887, as amended, Low. State government: discrimination:
travel.
   Existing law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race,
national origin, ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex,
sexual orientation, color, genetic information, or disability under
any state program or activity. Existing law provides for officers and
employees of the state, when away from their headquarters for state
business, to receive travel expenses.
   This bill would prohibit a state agency  and the Legislature
 from requiring any of its employees, officers, or members to
travel  to any state with a law in effect that sanctions or
requires discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression,   to,  or approving
a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel  to
  to,  any state  with a law in effect that
sanctions   that,   after June 26, 2015, has
enacted a law that voids or repeals existing state or local
protections against discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression   or has
enacted a law that authorizes  or requires discrimination 
against same-sex couples or their families or  on the basis of
sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression,  as
specified,  subject to specified exceptions.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11139.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   11139.8.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) California is a leader in protecting civil rights and
preventing discrimination.
   (2) California's robust nondiscrimination laws include protections
on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender
expression, among other characteristics.
   (3) Religious freedom is a cornerstone of law and public policy in
the United States, and the Legislature strongly supports and affirms
this important freedom.
   (4) The exercise of religious freedom should not be a
justification for discrimination.
   (5) California must take action to avoid supporting or financing
discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
people.
   (6) It is the policy of the State of California to promote
fairness and equality and to combat discrimination.
   (b)  An   A state  agency, department,
board, authority, or commission, including an agency, department,
board, authority, or commission of the University of California, the
Board of Regents of the University of California, or the California
State  University   University, and the
Legislature  shall not do either of the following:
   (1) Require any of its employees, officers, or members to travel
to a state  with a law in effect that sanctions 
 that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that voids or
repeals existing state or local protections against discrimination on
the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender
expression   or has enacted a law   that authorizes
 or requires discrimination  against same-sex couples or
their families or  on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender  expression.   expression,
including any law that creates an exemption to antidiscrimination
laws in order to permit discrimination against same-sex couples or
their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression. 
   (2) Approve a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel
to a state  with a law in effect that sanctions 
 that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that voids or
repeals existing state or local protections against discrimination on
the   basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or
gender expression, or has enacted a law   that authorizes
 or requires discrimination  against same-sex couples or
their families or  on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender  expression.   expression,
including any law that creates an exemption to antidiscrimination
laws in order to permit discrimination against same-sex couples or
their families or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression. 
   (c) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to travel that is necessary
for the enforcement of California law, to meet  prior
 contractual  obligations,  
obligations incurred before January 1, 2017,  or for the
protection of public health, welfare, or safety.
   (d) The prohibition on state-funded travel described in this
section shall continue while any law specified in subdivision (b)
remains in effect.