BILL NUMBER: SB 600	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Senator Pan

                        FEBRUARY 27, 2015

   An act relating to discrimination.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 600, as introduced, Pan. Discrimination: immigration status.
   Existing law finds and declares that all protections, rights, and
remedies available under state law, except any reinstatement remedy
prohibited by federal law, are available to all individuals
regardless of immigration status who have applied for employment, or
who are or who have been employed, in this state. Existing law, the
Unruh Civil Rights Act, provides that all persons within the
jurisdiction of this state are entitled to full and equal
accommodations in all business establishments regardless of their
sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability,
medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual
orientation.
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation to protect California's immigrants from discrimination on
the basis of their immigration status, citizenship, and language.
   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 protect California's immigrants from discrimination on
the basis of their immigration status, citizenship, and language.