BILL NUMBER: AB 1887	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 7, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 30, 2016
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 10, 2016

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Low
   (Coauthors: Assembly Members Chiu and Ting)

                        FEBRUARY 11, 2016

   An act to add Section 11139.8 to the Government Code, relating to
discrimination.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1887, as amended, Low. State government: discrimination:
travel.
   Existing law prohibits discrimination on the basis of race,
national origin, ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex,
sexual orientation, color, genetic information, or disability under
any state program or activity. Existing law provides for officers and
employees of the state, when away from their headquarters for state
business, to receive travel expenses.
   This bill would prohibit a state agency and the Legislature from
requiring any of its employees, officers, or members to travel to, or
approving a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel to,
any state that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that voids or
 repeals   repeals, or has the effect of voiding
  or repealing,  existing state or local protections
against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression or has enacted a law that authorizes
or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families
or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender
expression, as specified, subject to  specified 
 certain  exceptions.  The bill would r  equire
the Attorney General to develop, maintain, and post on his or her
Internet Web site a current list of states that, after June 26, 2015,
have enacted such a law. The bill would make it the responsibility
of specified state entities to consult the list in order to comply
with the travel and funding restrictions   imposed by the
bill. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


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

  SECTION 1.  Section 11139.8 is added to the Government Code, to
read:
   11139.8.  (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the
following:
   (1) California is a leader in protecting civil rights and
preventing discrimination.
   (2) California's robust nondiscrimination laws include protections
on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender
expression, among other characteristics.
   (3) Religious freedom is a cornerstone of law and public policy in
the United States, and the Legislature strongly supports and affirms
this important freedom.
   (4) The exercise of religious freedom should not be a
justification for discrimination.
   (5) California must take action to avoid supporting or financing
discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
people.
   (6) It is the policy of the State of California to promote
fairness and equality and to combat discrimination.
   (b) A state agency, department, board, authority, or commission,
including an agency, department, board, authority, or commission of
the University of California, the Board of Regents of the University
of California, or the California State University, and the
Legislature shall not do either of the following:
   (1) Require any of its employees, officers, or members to travel
to a state that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that voids or
 repeals   repeals, or has the effect of
voiding or repealing,  existing state or local protections
against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression or has enacted a law that authorizes
or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families
or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender
expression, including any law that creates an exemption to
antidiscrimination laws in order to permit discrimination against
same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
   (2) Approve a request for state-funded or state-sponsored travel
to a state that, after June 26, 2015, has enacted a law that voids or
 repeals   repeals, or has the effect of
voiding or repealing,  existing state or local protections
against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation, gender
identity, or gender expression, or has enacted a law that authorizes
or requires discrimination against same-sex couples or their families
or on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender
expression, including any law that creates an exemption to
antidiscrimination laws in order to permit discrimination against
same-sex couples or their families or on the basis of sexual
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
   (c) Subdivision (b) shall not apply to travel that is necessary
for the enforcement of California law, to meet contractual
obligations incurred before January 1, 2017, or for the protection of
public health, welfare, or safety.
   (d) The prohibition on state-funded travel described in this
section shall continue while any law specified in subdivision (b)
remains in effect. 
   (e) (1) The Attorney General shall develop, maintain, and post on
his or her Internet Web site "his or her" a current list of states
that, after June 26, 2015, have enacted a law that voids or repeals,
or has the effect of voiding or repealing, an existing state or local
protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual
orientation, gender identity, or gender expression, or have enacted a
law that authorizes or requires discrimination against same-sex
couples or their families or on the basis of sexual orientation,
gender identity, or gender expression, including any law that creates
an exemption to antidiscrimination laws in order to permit
discrimination against same-sex couples or their families or on the
basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
 
   (2) It shall be the responsibility of an agency, department,
board, authority, or commission described in subdivision (b) to
consult the list on the Internet Web site of the Attorney General in
order to comply with the travel and funding restrictions imposed by
this section.