BILL NUMBER: AB 2900	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Laird

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2004

   An act relating to employment discrimination.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2900, as introduced, Laird.  Employment: discrimination.
   Under existing law, it is unlawful to engage in specified
discriminatory employment practices, including hiring, promotion, and
termination, on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national
origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical
condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation.
   This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address employment discrimination issues.
   Vote:  majority.  Appropriation:  no.  Fiscal committee:  no.
State-mandated local program:  no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to address employment discrimination issues.