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Measure AB 449
Authors Jackson  
Subject Civil Rights Department: antidiscrimination campaigns.
Relating To relating to civil rights.
Title An act to add Section 12931.5 to the Government Code, relating to civil rights.
Last Action Dt 2025-09-11
State Enrolled
Status Vetoed
Active? Y
Vote Required Majority
Appropriation No
Fiscal Committee Yes
Local Program No
Substantive Changes None
Urgency No
Tax Levy No
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Actions
2025-10-13     Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2025-10-13     Vetoed by Governor.
2025-09-16     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-09-09     Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 3106.).
2025-09-08     In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-08     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 2. Page 2603.).
2025-08-29     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-08-29     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 29).
2025-07-14     In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
2025-07-02     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-06-19     From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-11     Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-06-03     In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2025-06-02     Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 1. Page 1829.)
2025-05-27     Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2025-05-23     From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
2025-04-23     In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
2025-03-26     From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-03-10     Referred to Com. on JUD.
2025-02-07     From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2025-02-06     Read first time. To print.
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Enrolled     2025-09-11
Amended Senate     2025-06-19
Introduced     2025-02-06
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			<html:p>Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.</html:p>
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				Section 12931.5 is added to the 
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								Commencing on or before the later of either July 1, 2026, or one year after the date of the appropriation described in subdivision (d), the department shall create and implement statewide and regional radio, social media, and television campaigns to discourage discrimination based upon, but not limited to, disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, or sexual orientation.
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								(1)
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								The department shall convene a working group to develop a plan to implement this section, the members of which shall be appointed as follows:
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								Nine members appointed by the director of the
						department with expertise in the field of marketing and messaging, specifically on topics germane to this section, who shall reflect the geographic and demographic diversity of the state.
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								One member of the Assembly, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
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								One member of the Senate, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
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								The working group described in this subdivision is not subject to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1).
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								The percentage of advertisements focused on combating hate violence against a specific community with a common protected characteristic
						that are created and distributed shall be based on the rate of hate crimes committed against each community with a common protected characteristic as determined by the most
						recent Hate Crime in California report released by the Attorney General or other reliable and more accurate data on hate violence.
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								This section shall not become operative until funding and positions are appropriated by the Legislature in the Budget Act or any other measure for the purposes of this section. The department shall send notice of the appropriation to the Secretary of State, the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency, and the Legislative Counsel Bureau.
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Last Version Text Digest Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, establishes the Civil Rights Department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to enforcement of civil rights laws and assistance to communities in resolving disputes, disagreements, or difficulties relating to discriminatory practices. This bill, upon appropriation by the Legislature and commencing on or before the later of either July 1, 2026, or one year after the date of the appropriation, would require the department to create and implement statewide and regional radio, social media, and television campaigns for the purposes of discouraging discrimination. The bill would require the department to convene a working group to develop a plan to implement the campaigns above. The bill would exempt the working group from the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.