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AB-1682 Data collection: demographics: Hispanic and Latino groups.(2023-2024)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 8310.55 is added to the Government Code, to read:

8310.55.
 (a) The Department of Housing and Community Development, when it directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians, shall use separate collection categories and tabulations for Hispanic and Latino groups.
(b) The department shall make any data collected pursuant to subdivision (a) publicly available, except for personal identifying information, which shall be deemed confidential, by posting the data on the internet website of the agency on or before July 1, 2024, and annually thereafter. This subdivision shall not be construed to prevent any other state agency from posting data collected pursuant to subdivision (a) on the agency’s internet website, in the manner prescribed by this section.
SEC. 2.
 The Legislature finds and declares that Section 1 of this act, which adds Section 8310.55 to the Government Code, imposes a limitation on the public’s right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies within the meaning of Section 3 of Article I of the California Constitution. Pursuant to that constitutional provision, the Legislature makes the following findings to demonstrate the interest protected by this limitation and the need for protecting that interest:
In order to protect the privacy rights of individuals, it is necessary that this act limit the public’s right of access to that information.