BILL NUMBER: AB 942INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Committee on Judiciary (Feuer (Chair), Brownley, Evans, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, and Monning) FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 12955.5 of the Government Code, relating to discrimination. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 942, as introduced, Committee on Judiciary. Discrimination: housing. Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, makes it unlawful to discriminate against an individual in any housing accommodation on the basis of specified classifications, and permits the Department of Fair Employment and Housing to engage in affirmative actions to prevent and provide for effective remedies against housing discrimination. This bill would make technical nonsubstantive changes to these provisions. 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 12955.5 of the Government Code is amended to read: 12955.5.Nothing in thisThis part shall not preclude the government from establishing programs to collect information relating to discriminatory housing practices.