Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report.

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the exact details on how anonymity is ensured for appointed individuals in published demographic information.

Governor and Legislature Appointments: Reporting Requirements

This law requires the Governor's office, Senate Secretary, and Assembly Chief Clerk to publish information about state boards and commissions on their websites, including demographic data of appointments made by statute.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the Governor’s office to maintain a list of all state boards and commissions with details like membership, purpose, duties, meeting frequency, website links, and vacancies starting January 1, 2027.
• Requires the Governor's office to publish an annual report by January 31 each year showing aggregate demographic information about appointments made during the previous calendar year.
• Requires the Senate Secretary and Assembly Chief Clerk to maintain similar lists of boards and commissions on their websites that are under legislative control starting January 1, 2027.
• Requires the Senate Secretary and Assembly Chief Clerk to publish annual reports by January 31 each year showing aggregate demographic information about legislative appointments made during the previous calendar year.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Governor’s office
• The Senate Secretary
• The Assembly Chief Clerk

Terms To Know

Aggregate demographic information

Information about the characteristics of a group, such as age, gender, race, and ethnicity.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify how to handle ex officio appointments in reporting.
• The law does not provide details on penalties for non-compliance with these requirements.
• It is unclear if the demographic information will be detailed enough to identify individuals.

Official Summary Text

SB 702, Limón.
Legislative and gubernatorial appointments: report.
Existing law establishes various boards and commissions in state government with specified duties and responsibilities. Existing law generally provides for legislative oversight of state board formation, which includes, among other things, any administrative or regulatory board, commission, and committee, whose members are appointed by the Governor, the Legislature, or both. Existing law requires the Governor to appoint every officer whose mode of appointment is not prescribed by law.
This bill would require the office of the Governor, commencing January 1, 2027, to maintain on its internet website a list of each state board and commission and the membership list, stated purpose, duties, meeting frequency, internet website, and vacancies in the membership for each board or commission. The bill would require the office of
the Governor, on or before January 31, 2028, and annually on January 31 thereafter, to create and publish on its internet website a report containing aggregate demographic information, as defined, of appointments made by the office during the prior calendar year, as specified.
The bill would require the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, commencing January 1, 2027, to maintain on their respective internet websites, or to include a link on their respective internet websites to any available resources that contain, a list of each state board or commission that each house has appointment authority over and the membership list, stated purpose, duties, meeting frequency, internet website, and any vacancies in the membership for that board or commission. The bill would also require the Secretary of the Senate and the Chief Clerk of the Assembly, on or before January 31, 2028, and annually on January 31 thereafter, to publish on their respective
internet websites, to the extent available, aggregate demographic information, as defined, on their respective legislative appointments, made during the prior calendar year, as specified. The bill would require the aggregate demographic information to only include legislative appointments created by statute, and prohibit the information from including ex officio appointments of members of the Senate and the Assembly.
The bill would require the above-described published aggregate demographic information on gubernatorial or legislative appointments to, among other things, be published on the respective entity’s internet websites in a prescribed manner for purposes of ensuring the anonymity of the appointed individuals.

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