BILL ANALYSIS Ó
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CONCURRENCE IN SENATE AMENDMENTS
AB
1687 (Calderon)
As Amended August 2, 2016
Majority vote
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|ASSEMBLY: |71-4 |(May 12, 2016) |SENATE: |25-12 |(August 15, |
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Original Committee Reference: A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M.
SUMMARY: Prohibits a commercial online entertainment employment
service provider, as defined, that enters into an agreement to
provide certain employment services from publishing information
about the subscriber's age in an online profile of the
subscriber, and would require the provider to remove the
subscriber's age information from public view in any online
profile of the subscriber on any companion Internet Web site
under the provider's control, if requested by the subscriber.
The Senate amendments were technical in nature.
EXISTING LAW:
1)Provides, under the Unruh Civil Rights Act, that all persons
within the jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and
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no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry,
national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic
information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship,
primary language, or immigration status are entitled to the
full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities,
privileges, or services in all business establishments of
every kind whatsoever. (Civil Code Section 51(b))
2)Prohibits employment discrimination based on race, religious
creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability,
mental disability, medical condition, genetic information,
marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender
expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran
status and applies these prohibitions to employment
discrimination covering employers, labor organizations,
employment agencies, apprenticeship programs and any person or
entity who aids, abets, incites, compels, or coerces the doing
of a discriminatory act. (Government Code Section 12940 et
seq.)
FISCAL EFFECT: None
COMMENTS: Senate amendments clarified the scope of the bill by
stating its provisions only apply to online profiles of
subscribers to commercial online entertainment employment
services and that the subscriber's age information must be
removed from public view. In addition they limited the scope of
affected Internet Web sites which must comply with the bill's
provisions to companion sites of the subject commercial online
entertainment employment service.
Analysis Prepared by:
Dana Mitchell / A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. / (916)
319-3450
FN: 0004217
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