Amended IN Senate July 07, 2020 Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2008Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamJanuary 28, 2020 An act to add Section 6074.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to the State Bar of California. 1568.5 to the Civil Code, relating to contracts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2008, as amended, Cunningham. State Bar of California: legal services: victims of human trafficking or domestic violence. Contracts: parental consent.Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract.This bill would, when consent from a parent or guardian is required by law, prohibit obtaining the consent through the minor.The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and to encourage those groups to provide legal services to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, and requires the State Bar to provide related resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in furtherance of those provisions.This bill would additionally require the State Bar to ensure its internet website contains a link to a legal information and referral internet website that lists legal aid and nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence. The bill would require the State Bar to inform all those legal aid or nonprofit organizations that receive funding from the State Bar of the importance of including information about its organization and services on the legal information and referral internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1568.5 is added to the Civil Code, to read:1568.5. Where parental consent is required by law, it shall not be obtained through the minor.SECTION 1.Section 6074.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:6074.5.In order to provide the public with information about legal services that are available to victims of human trafficking and victims of domestic violence, the State Bar shall do both of the following:(a)Ensure its internet website contains a link to a legal information and referral internet website that lists legal aid and nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence.(b)Inform all legal aid or nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence and that receive funding from the State Bar of the importance of including information about its organization and services on the legal information and referral internet website referenced in subdivision (a).
Amended IN Senate July 07, 2020 Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2020 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2008Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamJanuary 28, 2020 An act to add Section 6074.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to the State Bar of California. 1568.5 to the Civil Code, relating to contracts.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2008, as amended, Cunningham. State Bar of California: legal services: victims of human trafficking or domestic violence. Contracts: parental consent.Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract.This bill would, when consent from a parent or guardian is required by law, prohibit obtaining the consent through the minor.The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and to encourage those groups to provide legal services to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, and requires the State Bar to provide related resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in furtherance of those provisions.This bill would additionally require the State Bar to ensure its internet website contains a link to a legal information and referral internet website that lists legal aid and nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence. The bill would require the State Bar to inform all those legal aid or nonprofit organizations that receive funding from the State Bar of the importance of including information about its organization and services on the legal information and referral internet website.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate July 07, 2020 Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2020
Amended IN Senate July 07, 2020
Amended IN Assembly March 11, 2020
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20192020 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 2008
Introduced by Assembly Member CunninghamJanuary 28, 2020
Introduced by Assembly Member Cunningham
January 28, 2020
An act to add Section 6074.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to the State Bar of California. 1568.5 to the Civil Code, relating to contracts.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2008, as amended, Cunningham. State Bar of California: legal services: victims of human trafficking or domestic violence. Contracts: parental consent.
Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract.This bill would, when consent from a parent or guardian is required by law, prohibit obtaining the consent through the minor.The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and to encourage those groups to provide legal services to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, and requires the State Bar to provide related resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in furtherance of those provisions.This bill would additionally require the State Bar to ensure its internet website contains a link to a legal information and referral internet website that lists legal aid and nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence. The bill would require the State Bar to inform all those legal aid or nonprofit organizations that receive funding from the State Bar of the importance of including information about its organization and services on the legal information and referral internet website.
Existing law sets forth the requirements for establishing the consent of the parties to the formation of a contract.
This bill would, when consent from a parent or guardian is required by law, prohibit obtaining the consent through the minor.
The State Bar Act provides for the licensure and regulation of attorneys by the State Bar of California, a public corporation. Existing law requires the State Bar to engage with local bar associations, legal aid organizations, veterans service providers, military service providers, and volunteer attorneys and to encourage those groups to provide legal services to veterans and service members and their families who otherwise cannot afford legal services, and requires the State Bar to provide related resources and educational materials to attorneys and the public in furtherance of those provisions.
This bill would additionally require the State Bar to ensure its internet website contains a link to a legal information and referral internet website that lists legal aid and nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence. The bill would require the State Bar to inform all those legal aid or nonprofit organizations that receive funding from the State Bar of the importance of including information about its organization and services on the legal information and referral internet website.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 1568.5 is added to the Civil Code, to read:1568.5. Where parental consent is required by law, it shall not be obtained through the minor.SECTION 1.Section 6074.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:6074.5.In order to provide the public with information about legal services that are available to victims of human trafficking and victims of domestic violence, the State Bar shall do both of the following:(a)Ensure its internet website contains a link to a legal information and referral internet website that lists legal aid and nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence.(b)Inform all legal aid or nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence and that receive funding from the State Bar of the importance of including information about its organization and services on the legal information and referral internet website referenced in subdivision (a).
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 1568.5 is added to the Civil Code, to read:1568.5. Where parental consent is required by law, it shall not be obtained through the minor.
SECTION 1. Section 1568.5 is added to the Civil Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
1568.5. Where parental consent is required by law, it shall not be obtained through the minor.
1568.5. Where parental consent is required by law, it shall not be obtained through the minor.
1568.5. Where parental consent is required by law, it shall not be obtained through the minor.
1568.5. Where parental consent is required by law, it shall not be obtained through the minor.
In order to provide the public with information about legal services that are available to victims of human trafficking and victims of domestic violence, the State Bar shall do both of the following:
(a)Ensure its internet website contains a link to a legal information and referral internet website that lists legal aid and nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence.
(b)Inform all legal aid or nonprofit organizations that provide legal services to victims of human trafficking or victims of domestic violence and that receive funding from the State Bar of the importance of including information about its organization and services on the legal information and referral internet website referenced in subdivision (a).