CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 372Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Pellerin)February 09, 2023 An act to add Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 372, as introduced, Menjivar. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the department is composed of various boards, bureaus, committees, and commissions. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.This bill would require a board to update a licensee or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents conferred upon, or issued to, the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.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 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender.(2) A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) The documentation of a licensee or registrant sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:(1) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2) Birth certificate.(3) Passport.(4) Social security card.(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c) This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 372Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Pellerin)February 09, 2023 An act to add Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 372, as introduced, Menjivar. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the department is composed of various boards, bureaus, committees, and commissions. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.This bill would require a board to update a licensee or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents conferred upon, or issued to, the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20232024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 372
Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Pellerin)February 09, 2023
Introduced by Senator Menjivar(Coauthor: Senator Wiener)(Coauthor: Assembly Member Pellerin)
February 09, 2023
An act to add Section 27.5 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 372, as introduced, Menjivar. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensee and registrant records: name and gender changes.
Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the department is composed of various boards, bureaus, committees, and commissions. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.This bill would require a board to update a licensee or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents conferred upon, or issued to, the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.
Existing law establishes in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency the Department of Consumer Affairs. Under existing law, the department is composed of various boards, bureaus, committees, and commissions. Existing law establishes various boards within the department for the licensure, regulation, and discipline of various professions and vocations. Existing law defines board for purposes of the Business and Professions Code to include bureau, commission, committee, department, division, examining committee, program, and agency, unless otherwise expressly provided.
This bill would require a board to update a licensee or registrants records, including records contained within an online license verification system, to include the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender if the board receives government-issued documentation, as described, from the licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed. The bill would require the board, if requested by a licensee or registrant, to reissue specified documents conferred upon, or issued to, the licensee or registrant with their updated legal name or gender. The bill would prohibit a board from charging a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender.(2) A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) The documentation of a licensee or registrant sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:(1) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2) Birth certificate.(3) Passport.(4) Social security card.(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c) This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
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 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender.(2) A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) The documentation of a licensee or registrant sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:(1) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2) Birth certificate.(3) Passport.(4) Social security card.(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c) This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
SECTION 1. Section 27.5 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
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27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender.(2) A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) The documentation of a licensee or registrant sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:(1) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2) Birth certificate.(3) Passport.(4) Social security card.(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c) This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender.(2) A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) The documentation of a licensee or registrant sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:(1) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2) Birth certificate.(3) Passport.(4) Social security card.(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c) This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender.(2) A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.(b) The documentation of a licensee or registrant sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:(1) State-issued drivers license or identification card.(2) Birth certificate.(3) Passport.(4) Social security card.(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.(c) This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.
27.5. (a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, if a board receives government-issued documentation, as described in subdivision (b), from a licensee or registrant demonstrating that the licensee or registrants legal name or gender has been changed, the board shall update their records, including any records contained within an online license verification system, to include the updated legal name or gender. If requested by the licensee or registrant, the board shall reissue any documents conferred upon the licensee or registrant with the licensee or registrants updated legal name or gender.
(2) A board shall not charge a higher fee for reissuing a document with a corrected or updated legal name or gender than the fee it charges for reissuing a document with other corrected or updated information.
(b) The documentation of a licensee or registrant sufficient to demonstrate a legal name or gender change includes, but is not limited to, any of the following:
(1) State-issued drivers license or identification card.
(2) Birth certificate.
(3) Passport.
(4) Social security card.
(5) Court order indicating a name change or a gender change.
(c) This section does not require a board to modify records that the licensee or registrant has not requested for modification or reissuance.