BILL NUMBER: AB 1726	CHAPTERED
	BILL TEXT

	CHAPTER  607
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 25, 2016
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 23, 2016
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  AUGUST 29, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 19, 2016
	AMENDED IN SENATE  AUGUST 15, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MAY 31, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 1, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Bonta
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu, Low, O'Donnell, Ting, Weber,
and Williams)
   (Coauthor: Senator De León)

                        JANUARY 28, 2016

   An act to amend Section 8310.7 of the Government Code, relating to
data collection.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1726, Bonta. Data collection.
   Existing law requires any state agency, board, or commission that
directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry
or ethnic origin of Californians to use separate collection
categories and tabulations for specified Asian groups and Pacific
Islander groups, and requires a state agency, board, or commission to
include data on specified collection categories and tabulations in
every demographic report on ancestry or ethnic origins of California
residents that it publishes or releases. Existing law requires
specified agencies to use additional separate collection categories
and other tabulations for major Asian groups and Native Hawaiian and
other Pacific Islander groups, and also requires those agencies to
take additional actions, including, among other things, posting, and
annually updating, the demographic data collected on their Internet
Web sites, and updating the reporting categories to reflect these
Asian and Pacific Islander groups as they are reported for the 2020
decennial census.
   This bill would require the updating of the reporting categories
for future decennial censuses. The bill would require the State
Department of Public Health to use the additional separate collection
categories and other tabulations for specified Asian groups and
Pacific Islander groups, and to take additional actions as specified
above, under certain circumstances.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 8310.7 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   8310.7.  (a) This section shall only apply to the following state
agencies:
   (1) The Department of Industrial Relations.
   (2) The Department of Fair Employment and Housing.
   (3) To the extent funding is specifically appropriated for this
purpose, the State Department of Public Health, on or after July 1,
2022, whenever collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or
ethnic origin of persons for a report that includes rates for major
diseases, leading causes of death per demographic, subcategories for
leading causes of death in California overall, pregnancy rates, or
housing numbers.
   (b) In addition to the duties imposed under Section 8310.5, the
state agencies described in subdivision (a), in the course of
collecting demographic data directly or by contract as to the
ancestry or ethnic origin of California residents, shall collect and
tabulate data for the following:
   (1) Additional major Asian groups, including, but not limited to,
Bangladeshi, Hmong, Indonesian, Malaysian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan,
Taiwanese, and Thai.
   (2) Additional major Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander
groups, including, but not limited to, Fijian and Tongan.
   (c) (1) The state agencies identified in subdivision (a) shall
make any data collected pursuant to subdivision (b) publicly
available, except as described in paragraph (2) for the department
identified in paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), and except for
personal identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential,
by posting the data on the Internet Web site of the agency on or
before July 1, 2012, and annually thereafter. This subdivision shall
not be construed to prevent any other state agency from posting data
collected pursuant to subdivision (b) on the agency's Internet Web
site, in the manner prescribed by this section.
   (2) The state department identified in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) shall not report demographic data that would permit
identification of individuals. The department may, to prevent
identification of individuals, aggregate data categories at a state,
county, city, census tract, or ZIP Code level to facilitate
comparisons and identify disparities.
   (d) The state agencies identified in subdivision (a) shall, within
18 months after a decennial United States Census is released to the
public, update their data collection to reflect the additional Asian
groups and additional Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander groups as
they are reported by the United States Census Bureau.
   (e) The state department identified in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) shall not report demographic data that would result
in statistical unreliability.
   (f) The state department identified in paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a) may continue to collect and report demographic data
in the form that the data was submitted if the data was collected
under either of the following circumstances:
   (1) Pursuant to federal programs or surveys, whereby the
guidelines for demographic data collection categories are defined by
the federal program or survey.
   (2) Demographic data collected by other entities, including either
of the following:
   (A) State offices, departments, and agencies not included in
subdivision (a).
   (B) Third-party entity administered surveys not solely funded by
the state department.