CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 742Introduced by Assembly Member Elhawary(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Bryan, Gipson, Jackson, McKinnor, Sharp-Collins, and Wilson)(Principal coauthors: Senators Richardson, Smallwood-Cuevas, and Weber Pierson)February 18, 2025 An act to add and repeal Section 115.7 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 742, as introduced, Elhawary. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of specified boards that license and regulate various professions.This bill would require those boards to prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.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 115.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:115.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 742Introduced by Assembly Member Elhawary(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Bryan, Gipson, Jackson, McKinnor, Sharp-Collins, and Wilson)(Principal coauthors: Senators Richardson, Smallwood-Cuevas, and Weber Pierson)February 18, 2025 An act to add and repeal Section 115.7 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 742, as introduced, Elhawary. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of specified boards that license and regulate various professions.This bill would require those boards to prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20252026 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 742
Introduced by Assembly Member Elhawary(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Bryan, Gipson, Jackson, McKinnor, Sharp-Collins, and Wilson)(Principal coauthors: Senators Richardson, Smallwood-Cuevas, and Weber Pierson)February 18, 2025
Introduced by Assembly Member Elhawary(Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Bonta, Bryan, Gipson, Jackson, McKinnor, Sharp-Collins, and Wilson)(Principal coauthors: Senators Richardson, Smallwood-Cuevas, and Weber Pierson)
February 18, 2025
An act to add and repeal Section 115.7 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to professions and vocations.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 742, as introduced, Elhawary. Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves.
Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of specified boards that license and regulate various professions.This bill would require those boards to prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
Existing law establishes the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is composed of specified boards that license and regulate various professions.
This bill would require those boards to prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 115.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:115.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
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 115.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:115.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
SECTION 1. Section 115.7 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read:
### SECTION 1.
115.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
115.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
115.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.
115.7. Notwithstanding any other law, a board shall prioritize applicants who are descendants of slaves seeking licenses, especially applicants who are descended from a person enslaved within the United States.