Enrolled  September 14, 2023
Passed  IN  Senate  September 12, 2023
Passed  IN  Assembly  September 11, 2023
Amended  IN  Assembly  September 07, 2023
Amended  IN  Senate  March 20, 2023

CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill
No. 702

Introduced by Senator Limón
(Principal coauthor: Assembly Member Cervantes)
(Coauthors: Senators Durazo, Padilla, Rubio, and Skinner)
(Coauthors: Assembly Members Bains, Wendy Carrillo, Davies, Dixon, Stephanie Nguyen, Ortega, Petrie-Norris, Valencia, and Wilson)

February 16, 2023

An act to add Section 1305 to the Government Code, relating to state government.


LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 702, Limón. Gubernatorial appointments: report.
Existing law requires the Governor to appoint every office whose mode of appointment is not prescribed by law. Existing law also prescribes the manner of the Governor’s appointment of those officers.
This bill would require the office of the Governor, commencing January 1, 2025, to maintain on its internet website a list of every state board and commission that includes, for each state board or commission, the membership list, stated purpose, duties, meeting frequency, internet website, and vacancies in the membership.
The bill would require the office of the Governor, on or before January 1, 2026, and annually thereafter, to create and publish on its internet website a report containing aggregate demographic information of appointments made by the office during the prior calendar year, as specified.
Vote: MAJORITY   Appropriation: NO   Fiscal Committee: YES   Local Program: NO  

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:


SECTION 1.

 Section 1305 is added to the Government Code, immediately following Section 1304, to read:

1305.
 (a) Commencing January 1, 2025, the office of the Governor shall maintain on its internet website a list of each state board or commission, as well as the board or commission’s membership list, stated purpose, duties, meeting frequency, internet website, and any vacancies in its membership.
(b) On or before January 1, 2026, and each January 1 thereafter, the office of the Governor shall create and publish on its internet website a report that contains aggregate demographic information, to the extent available, of appointments by the office of the Governor from January 1 to December 31, inclusive, of the previous year.
(c) For purposes of this section, “demographic information” includes, but is not limited to, the voluntarily self-reported ethnicity, gender, disability status, region, party affiliation, and veteran status of the appointed individual.