Bill Text: CA AB2008 | 2019-2020 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Contracts: parental consent.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2020-07-07 - From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. [AB2008 Detail]
Download: California-2019-AB2008-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
March 11, 2020 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham |
January 28, 2020 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 6074.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:6074.5.
In order to provide the public with information about legal services that are available to victims of human trafficking and victims of domestic violence, the State Bar shall do both of the following:(a)The Legislature finds that securing civil legal assistance is difficult for victims of human trafficking and their families who cannot afford legal services, for reasons unique to their trafficking status. The Legislature further finds that the State Bar is uniquely suited to bring together organizations to help coordinate the delivery of civil legal services for victims of human trafficking and their families.
(b)The State Bar shall engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, human trafficking victim service providers, and volunteer attorneys and encourage those groups to provide legal services to victims of human trafficking and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services and
collaborate, as appropriate, to improve access to and delivery of these services throughout the state.
(c)The State Bar shall provide resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in order to support the purposes of this section by, among other things, doing the following:
(1)Compiling a list of local bar associations, legal aid organizations, human trafficking victim service providers, and volunteer attorneys willing to provide pro bono legal services to victims of human trafficking, organized by city and county, and posting the list on its internet website.
(2)(A)Conducting a statewide survey of programs that provide civil legal assistance to victims of human trafficking in order to
identify whether and where there is a need for legal advice clinics, publishing a report and recommendations based upon its findings before January 1, 2022, and posting the report on its internet website.
(B)The report required in subparagraph (A) shall be submitted in accordance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.