California 2023 2023-2024 Regular Session

California Assembly Bill AB342 Amended / Bill

Filed 03/21/2023

                    Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 342Introduced by Assembly Member ValenciaJanuary 31, 2023An act to add Section 5552.2 Sections 5552.2 and 11347 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 342, as amended, Valencia. California Architects Board: licensee: Architects and real estate appraisers: applicants and licensees: demographic information.Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, establishes the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to license and regulate real estate appraisers.This bill would authorize the board California Architects Board and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board. board or bureau.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5552.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:5552.2. The board may request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board.SEC. 2. Section 11347 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:11347. The bureau may request that an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the bureau.

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2023 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 342Introduced by Assembly Member ValenciaJanuary 31, 2023An act to add Section 5552.2 Sections 5552.2 and 11347 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 342, as amended, Valencia. California Architects Board: licensee: Architects and real estate appraisers: applicants and licensees: demographic information.Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, establishes the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to license and regulate real estate appraisers.This bill would authorize the board California Architects Board and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board. board or bureau.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY  Appropriation: NO  Fiscal Committee: YES  Local Program: NO 

 Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2023

Amended IN  Assembly  March 21, 2023

 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION

 Assembly Bill 

No. 342

Introduced by Assembly Member ValenciaJanuary 31, 2023

Introduced by Assembly Member Valencia
January 31, 2023

An act to add Section 5552.2 Sections 5552.2 and 11347 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. 

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

AB 342, as amended, Valencia. California Architects Board: licensee: Architects and real estate appraisers: applicants and licensees: demographic information.

Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, establishes the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to license and regulate real estate appraisers.This bill would authorize the board California Architects Board and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board. board or bureau.

Existing law, the Architects Practice Act, establishes the California Architects Board in the Department of Consumer Affairs for the licensure and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of architecture. Existing law requires the protection of the public to be the highest priority for the board in exercising its licensing, regulatory, and disciplinary functions. law, the Real Estate Appraisers Licensing and Certification Law, establishes the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to license and regulate real estate appraisers.

This bill would authorize the board California Architects Board and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board. board or bureau.

## Digest Key

## Bill Text

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 5552.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:5552.2. The board may request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board.SEC. 2. Section 11347 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:11347. The bureau may request that an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the bureau.

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 5552.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:5552.2. The board may request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board.

SECTION 1. Section 5552.2 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SECTION 1.

5552.2. The board may request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board.

5552.2. The board may request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board.

5552.2. The board may request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board.



5552.2. The board may request that a an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the board.

SEC. 2. Section 11347 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:11347. The bureau may request that an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the bureau.

SEC. 2. Section 11347 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:

### SEC. 2.

11347. The bureau may request that an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the bureau.

11347. The bureau may request that an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the bureau.

11347. The bureau may request that an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the bureau.



11347. The bureau may request that an applicant or licensee identify their race and gender on a form prescribed by the bureau.