Bill Text: CA AB2862 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Department of Consumer Affairs: African American applicants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-07-01 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2862 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2862-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Department of Consumer Affairs: African American applicants.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-07-01 - In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author. [AB2862 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2862-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2862
| Introduced by Assembly Member Gipson |
February 15, 2024 |
An act to add Division 1.1 (commencing with Section 473) to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2862, as introduced, Gipson.
Licenses: African American applicants.
Existing law prescribes requirements for licensure and regulation of various businesses and professions, including healing arts and real estate businesses and professions, by various boards, bureaus, commissions, committees, and departments.
This bill would require boards to prioritize African American applicants seeking licenses under these provisions, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved in the United States. The bill would define various terms for these purposes.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Division 1.1 (commencing with Section 473) is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:DIVISION 1.1. Prioritization of Licenses
473.
(a) For purposes of this division:(1) “Board” includes “bureau,” “commission,” “committee,” “department,” “division,” “examining committee,” “program,” and “agency.”
(2) “License” includes certificate, registration, or other means to engage in a business or profession regulated by this code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize African American applicants seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved in the United States.
