California Assembly Bill AB1364 Latest Draft

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1364AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 4, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Campos  (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member   Gatto   )  FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to amend Section 1700.47 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1364, as amended, Campos. Employment:  discrimination   licensed talent agencies: representation  . Existing law prohibits a talent agency from  discriminating against an   refusing to represent any  artist based upon specified criteria   the artist's race, color, creed, sex, national origin, religion, or handicap  .  Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination based upon race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation.  This bill would  expand the list of criteria based upon which a talent agency may not discriminate against an artist to include those identified in the California Fair Employment and Housing Act   , instead, pr   ohibit a talent agency from refusing to represent any   artist based upon the artist's sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation  . Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 1700.47 of the   Labor Code   is amended to read:  1700.47. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to refuse to represent any artist on account of that artist's  sex,  race, color,  creed, sex, national origin,  religion,  or handicap   ancestry, national origin, disability, marital status, or sexual orientation  .  SECTION 1.   Section 1700.47 of the Labor Code is amended to read: 1700.47. It shall be unlawful for any licensee to discriminate against an artist on the basis of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, marital status, sex, age, or sexual orientation, or any other form of discrimination prohibited under Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12920) of Part 2.8 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.