BILL NUMBER: SB 367	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 15, 2009
	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  JULY 2, 2009
	AMENDED IN SENATE  APRIL 13, 2009

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Negrete McLeod
   (Principal coauthor: Senator Harman)
    (   Coauthors:   Assembly Members 
 Feuer,   Fletcher,   and Tran   )


                        FEBRUARY 25, 2009

   An act to add Section 51.13 to the Civil Code, relating to
discrimination.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   SB 367, as amended, Negrete McLeod. Discrimination.
   The Unruh Civil Rights Act provides that all persons within the
jurisdiction of this state are free and equal, and no matter what
their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin,
disability, medical condition, marital status, or sexual orientation
are entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages,
facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments of
every kind whatsoever.
   This bill would provide that any discount or other benefit offered
 to  or conferred on a  customer  
consumer or prospective consumer  by a business because the
 customer   consumer or prospective consumer
 has suffered the loss or reduction of employment  or
reduction of wages  would not be considered an arbitrary
discrimination in violation of that act.
   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.  Section 51.13 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
   51.13.  Any discount or other benefit offered  to  or
conferred on a  customer   consumer or
prospective consumer  by a business because the 
customer   consumer or prospective consumer  has
suffered the loss or reduction of employment or reduction of
wages  shall not be considered an arbitrary discrimination in
violation of Section 51.