BILL NUMBER: AB 1878	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  APRIL 5, 2010

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Lieu

                        FEBRUARY 16, 2010

   An act  to add and repeal Section 14776 of the Government
Code,   relating to state government forms.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 1878, as amended, Lieu. Statewide Forms Management Program.
   Existing law requires the Director of General Services to
establish and staff an activity within the department, known as the
"forms management center," for the orderly design, implementation,
and maintenance of a statewide forms management program. Existing
law requires the director to provide notice to state agencies, forms
management representatives, and departmental forms coordinators,
that appropriate references to state-registered domestic partner,
parent, or state-registered domestic partnership are to be included
in revising all public-use forms, as specified.  
   This bill, until January 1, 2013, would require the Department of
General Services to conduct a study of the forms in current use, as
identified by the forms management program, for the purpose of
identifying forms that should include voluntary questions to
demographic data relating to sexual orientation and gender identity
for the purpose of developing effective policy. The bill would
require the results of the study to be submitted, as specified, to
the Legislature no later than January 1, 2012.  
   This bill would declare the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would incorporate into the Statewide Forms
Management Program voluntary demographic questions and information
relating to sexual orientation, gender identity, and domestic
partnership status. 
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


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

   SECTION 1.    Section 14776 is added to the 
 Government Code   , to read:  
   14776.  (a) The department shall conduct a study of the forms in
current use, as identified by the forms management program, for the
purpose of identifying forms that should include voluntary questions
to demographic data relating to sexual orientation and gender
identity for the purpose of developing effective policy. The results
of the study shall be reported to the Legislature no later than
January 1, 2012. The report shall be submitted as provided in Section
9795.
   (b) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2013, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, that is enacted before January 1, 2013, deletes or extends
that date.  
  SECTION 1.    It is the intent of the Legislature
to enact legislation that would incorporate into the Statewide Forms
Management Program voluntary demographic questions and information
relating to sexual orientation, gender identity, and domestic
partnership status.