Nancy Skinner
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 9
Author
Existing law generally prohibits discrimination in the provision of privileges and services on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, and immigration status. Existing law provides a cause of action against any person who denies, aids or incites a denial, or makes any discrimination or distinction on the bases listed, as specified, and permits the recovery of attorney's fees. Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Department (department) and makes it responsible for, among other things, investigating and prosecuting complaints alleging a violation of these provisions. Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Enforcement and Litigation Fund (fund) , to be administered by the department. This fund consists of attorney's fees and costs awarded by a court to the department when the department is the prevailing party in a civil action brought under specified law. Existing law authorizes moneys in the fund, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, to be used to offset the costs of the department. This bill would, commencing on March 1, 2025, and annually thereafter, require a covered entity, defined as a venture capital company that meets specified criteria, to report to the department specified information about their funding determinations, including, at an aggregate level, specified demographic information for the founding teams of all of the businesses in which the covered entity made a venture capital investment in the prior calendar year to the extent the information was provided pursuant to a survey the bill would require a covered entity to provide to each founding team member of a business that has received funding from a venture capital company to which the covered entity has acted as an investment adviser, as specified. The bill would require this information to be collected and reported in a manner that does not associate the survey response data with an individual founding team member. The bill would require the department to charge and collect fees to administer these provisions, as specified. The bill would require the department to notify the covered entity that the covered entity must submit the report within 60 days of the notification. If the covered entity has not submitted the report after those 60 days have elapsed, the bill would authorize the department to commence prescribed proceedings seeking specified relief, including a penalty, as specified. The bill would require moneys collected pursuant to these provisions to be deposited in the fund, and would express the intent of the Legislature that these moneys be appropriated in the Budget Act to the department for administration of these provisions. The bill would define various terms for these purposes.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 594, Statutes of 2023.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2465.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 15. Page 2962.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1).
August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 5).
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (June 26).
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 1290.) Ordered to the Assembly.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1159.) (May 18).
Set for hearing May 18.
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 8.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2. Page 892.) (April 25).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 830.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 25 in JUD. pending receipt.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.I.
Set for hearing April 19.
April 18 hearing postponed by committee.
Withdrawn from committee.
Set for hearing April 18.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Read first time.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 6.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB54 | HTML |
| 12/06/22 - Introduced | |
| 03/16/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 03/20/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/10/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/17/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/27/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/18/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/28/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/10/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/11/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/08/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/17/23- Senate Banking and Financial Institutions | |
| 04/21/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/05/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/18/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/23/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/23/23- Assembly Banking and Finance | |
| 07/01/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/06/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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