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          Date of Hearing:   May 8, 2013

                        ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
                                  Mike Gatto, Chair

                    AB 1005 (Alejo) - As Amended:  April 30, 2013 

          Policy Committee:                               
          JudiciaryVote:10-0

          Urgency:     No                   State Mandated Local Program:  
          No     Reimbursable:               

           SUMMARY  

          This bill adds veteran status, physical disability, and mental  
          disability-each as defined in either state or federal law-to the  
          list of demographic data, provided by judicial applicants,  
          nominees, appointees, justices, and judges, and required to be  
          collected and released annually by the Governor, the Commission  
          on Judicial Nominees Evaluation (JNE Commission) of the State  
          Bar, and the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC).

           FISCAL EFFECT  

          Based on similar legislation from 2011, the AOC will incur  
          General Fund costs of about $100,000 in 2013-14 to collect the  
          additional information from 1,700 justices and judges and to  
          compile and release this information. Ongoing costs to seek the  
          data from new judges and from those judges who have not  
          previously responded would be about $30,000 annually. Costs for  
          the Governor's Office would be minor and absorbable.

           COMMENTS  

           1)Background  . Under current law, the Governor, the JNE  
            Commission, and the AOC annually collect and release  
            demographic data provided by judicial applicants, nominees,  
            appointees, justices, and judges relative to these  
            individuals' ethnicity, race, gender, gender identify, and  
            sexual orientation. Providing this information is voluntary,  
            and the disclosure or release of any demographic data must be  
            done only on an aggregated statistical basis.

           2)Purpose  . This bill seeks to help remedy the historic lack of  








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            diversity in the judicial branch by expanding the demographic  
            data collected and released to the public to include  
            demographic data relative to the disability and veteran status  
            of the aforementioned groups.  Supporters believe the  
            judiciary should more closely reflect the diverse population  
            of California, which includes California veterans and those  
            with disabilities.

           3)Prior Legislation  . SB 182 (Corbett)/Chapter 720 of 2011 added  
            gender identity and sexual orientation to the demographic  
            characteristics to be collected and reported.  

           Analysis Prepared by  :    Chuck Nicol / APPR. / (916) 319-2081