Bill Title: Creates the Preferred Terminology in Government Documents Act. Provides that all State and local government, statutes, codes, rules, regulations, and other official documents enacted on and after the effective date of this Act are required to use the term "Asian" when referring to persons of Asian descent. Provides that the term "Oriental" is prohibited. Provides that the General Assembly urges all State and local entities to review their statutes, codes, rules, regulations, and other official documents and revise them to omit use of the term "Oriental" when referring to persons of Asian descent. Provides findings.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-29 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB3103 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

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Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz [D]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-017	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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