Plain English Breakdown
The official status indicates a gubernatorial veto; it is unclear from the provided text if lawmakers successfully overrode this veto, so the legal effect remains uncertain.
Civil Rights Department Antidiscrimination Campaigns
This vetoed bill proposed requiring the Civil Rights Department to run media campaigns against discrimination and create a working group exempt from open meeting rules.
What This Bill Does
- Requires the department to create statewide and regional radio, social media, and television campaigns if funding is approved by the Legislature.
- Sets the goal of these campaigns as discouraging discriminatory practices.
- Mandates that the department form a working group to plan how to run these campaigns.
- Exempts this specific working group from rules requiring public access to meetings under the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act.
- Includes legislative findings explaining why limiting meeting access is necessary for this work.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Civil Rights Department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.
- A working group created by the department to plan campaign implementation.
Terms To Know
- Appropriation
- Money that the Legislature must officially set aside for a program before it can begin spending.
- Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act
- A state law requiring most meetings of public agencies to be open and accessible to citizens.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill was vetoed by the governor, so it did not become active law unless lawmakers overrode that decision.
- Campaigns could only start after the Legislature approved funding (appropriation) for them.
- The exact content of the campaigns and the specific members of the working group are not defined in this text.