BILL NUMBER: AB 781	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Jeffries

                        FEBRUARY 26, 2009

   An act relating to bilingual hiring.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 781, as introduced, Jeffries. Employment: bilingual hiring
requirements.
   Existing law deems the opportunity to seek and obtain employment
without discrimination, as specified, to be a civil right.
   This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation supporting the strategies, programs, and policies that
promote intercultural understanding and dialogue, and to effect
statutory changes relating to bilingual hiring requirements in local
and state government, as specified.
   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 supporting strategies, programs, and policies that
promote intercultural understanding and dialogue, and to effect
statutory changes relating to bilingual hiring requirements in local
and state government and the implications for employment
discrimination against qualified job applicants.