Bill Text: CA AB242 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Courts: attorneys: implicit bias: training.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-10-02 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 418, Statutes of 2019. [AB242 Detail]

Download: California-2019-AB242-Introduced.html

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2019–2020 REGULAR SESSION

Assembly Bill

No. 242

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Introduced by Assembly Member Kamlager-Dove

January 18, 2019

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An act relating to implicit bias.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 242, as introduced, Kamlager-Dove. Implicit bias.

Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination, abridgment, or harassment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status.

This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would address implicit bias in the judicial branch.

Digest Key

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

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Bill Text

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 address implicit bias in the judicial branch.