AB 242 is sponsored by Kamlager-Dove, Levine, Mitchell, and Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic).

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California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 242 — Courts: attorneys: implicit bias: training.

Last action October 02, 2019 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 418, Statutes of 2019.

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This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 18, 2019. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

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Enacted

Current position in the legislative process.
4 sponsors

1 primary, 3 co-sponsors signed on.
Single-party support

Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).
Cleared a recorded vote

Passed 6 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

(1) Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to provide by rule of court for racial, ethnic, and gender bias, and sexual harassment training and training for any other bias based on sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation for judges, commissioners, and referees. This bill would authorize the Judicial Council to develop training on implicit bias with respect to these characteristics. The bill would require all court staff who interact with the public to complete 2 hours of any training developed by the Judicial Council pursuant to this authorization every 2 years. The bill would authorize the Judicial Council to adopt a rule of court, effective January 1, 2021, to implement these requirements. (2) Existing law requires the State Bar to request the California Supreme Court to adopt a rule of court authorizing the State Bar to establish and administer a mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) program. This bill would require the State Bar to adopt regulations to require the mandatory continuing legal education curriculum to include training on implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies, as specified. The bill would require a licensee of the State Bar to meet the requirements for each MCLE compliance period ending after January 31, 2023.

Bill Text

Chaptered 10/02/19 - Chaptered Current pdf October 02, 2019
Enrolled 09/17/19 - Enrolled pdf September 17, 2019
Amended 09/06/19 - Amended Senate pdf September 06, 2019
Amended 09/05/19 - Amended Senate pdf September 05, 2019
Amended 06/27/19 - Amended Senate pdf June 27, 2019
Amended 04/24/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 24, 2019
Amended 04/12/19 - Amended Assembly pdf April 12, 2019
Amended 03/25/19 - Amended Assembly pdf March 25, 2019
Introduced 01/18/19 - Introduced pdf January 18, 2019
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Action History

October 02, 2019
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 418, Statutes of 2019.
October 02, 2019
Approved by the Governor.
September 24, 2019
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
September 12, 2019
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 3503.).
September 11, 2019
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
September 11, 2019
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 2. Page 2819.).
September 09, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 06, 2019
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
September 06, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
September 05, 2019
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 13, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
August 12, 2019
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
June 27, 2019
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
June 26, 2019
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 25).
June 06, 2019
In committee: Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
June 05, 2019
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
May 22, 2019
Referred to Com. on JUD.
May 14, 2019
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
May 13, 2019
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 3. Page 1626.)
May 09, 2019
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
May 08, 2019
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 8).
April 25, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
April 24, 2019
Read second time and amended.
April 23, 2019
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 23).
April 22, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
April 12, 2019
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
April 01, 2019
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
March 26, 2019
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
March 25, 2019
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
March 25, 2019
Referred to Com. on JUD.
January 22, 2019
From printer. May be heard in committee February 21.
January 18, 2019
Read first time. To print.

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 3 co-sponsors · 118 not signed on · 1 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Kamlager-Dove

Co-sponsors (3)

Levine
Mitchell
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic

Not signed on (118)

118 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 242 Kamlager-Dove Concurrence in Senate Amendments

September 12, 2019

Passed 69 Yea · 0 Nay · 10 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	44	0	0	8
Democratic	22	0	0	0
Republican	3	0	0	2
Total	69	0	0	10
% of votes cast	87%	0%	0%	13%

How each member voted (79)

Member	Party	Vote
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Kamlager-Dove	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Burke	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Fong	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Obernolte	—	Not Voting
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Frazier	—	Not Voting
Melendez	—	Not Voting
Diep	—	Not Voting
Salas	—	Yea
Brough	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Mathis	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Voepel	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Jim Patterson	—	Not Voting
Luz Rivas	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Wendy Carrillo	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB242 Kamlager-Dove et al. By Jackson

September 11, 2019

Passed 34 Yea · 2 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	24	2	0	1
Democratic	10	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	3
Total	34	2	0	4
% of votes cast	85%	5%	0%	10%

How each member voted (40)

Member	Party	Vote
Rubio	—	Yea
Monning	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Mitchell	—	Yea
Bradford	—	Yea
Wilk	—	Yea
Beall	—	Yea
Atkins	—	Yea
Hill	—	Yea
Roth	—	Yea
Hueso	—	Yea
Leyva	—	Yea
Dodd	—	Yea
Moorlach	—	Yea
Skinner	—	Yea
Allen	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Galgiani	—	Yea
Hertzberg	—	Yea
Portantino	—	Yea
Bates	—	Yea
Glazer	—	Yea
Chang	—	Yea
Pan	—	Yea
Morrell	—	Nay
Nielsen	—	Not Voting
Mark Stone	—	Nay
Archuleta, Bob	Democratic	Yea
Caballero, Anna M.	Democratic	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Hurtado, Melissa	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
McGuire, Mike	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Wiener, Scott D.	Democratic	Yea
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Grove, Shannon	Republican	Not Voting
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting

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Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

June 25, 2019

Passed 8 Yea · 0 Nay · 1 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	5	0	0	0
Unaffiliated	3	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	8	0	0	1
% of votes cast	89%	0%	0%	11%

How each member voted (9)

Member	Party	Vote
Monning	—	Yea
Borgeas	—	Yea
Wieckowski	—	Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena	Democratic	Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A.	Democratic	Yea
Jackson, Corey A.	Democratic	Yea
Stern, Henry I.	Democratic	Yea
Umberg, Thomas J.	Democratic	Yea
Jones, Brian W.	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

AB 242 Kamlager-Dove Assembly Third Reading

May 13, 2019

Passed 64 Yea · 3 Nay · 13 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	37	3	0	8
Democratic	23	0	0	2
Republican	4	0	0	3
Total	64	3	0	13
% of votes cast	80%	4%	0%	16%

How each member voted (80)

Member	Party	Vote
Salas	—	Yea
Mayes	—	Yea
Cooley	—	Yea
Smith	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Gloria	—	Yea
Bloom	—	Yea
Rodriguez	—	Yea
Santiago	—	Yea
Chiu	—	Yea
Gray	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Daly	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Jones-Sawyer	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Mullin	—	Yea
Friedman	—	Yea
Ting	—	Yea
Kamlager-Dove	—	Yea
Levine	—	Yea
McCarty	—	Yea
Low	—	Yea
Nazarian	—	Yea
Cooper	—	Yea
Wood	—	Yea
Medina	—	Yea
Rendon	—	Yea
Chu	—	Yea
O'Donnell	—	Yea
Weber	—	Yea
Waldron	—	Yea
Cunningham	—	Nay
Obernolte	—	Nay
Melendez	—	Nay
Burke	—	Not Voting
Voepel	—	Not Voting
Brough	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Mathis	—	Not Voting
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Frazier	—	Not Voting
Diep	—	Not Voting
Cristina Garcia	—	Yea
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M.	Democratic	Yea
Arambula, Joaquin	Democratic	Not Voting
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca	Democratic	Yea
Berman, Marc	Democratic	Yea
Boerner, Tasha	Democratic	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Gipson, Mike A.	Democratic	Yea
Grayson, Timothy S.	Democratic	Yea
Irwin, Jacqui	Democratic	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Limón, Monique	Democratic	Yea
Muratsuchi, Al	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon	Democratic	Yea
Ramos, James C.	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea
Rubio, Blanca E.	Democratic	Yea
Wicks, Buffy	Democratic	Yea
Chen, Phillip	Republican	Yea
Choi, Steven S.	Republican	Not Voting
Dahle, Megan	Republican	Not Voting
Flora, Heath	Republican	Not Voting
Gallagher, James	Republican	Yea
Lackey, Tom	Republican	Yea
Patterson, Joe	Republican	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass.

May 08, 2019

Passed 14 Yea · 0 Nay · 4 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Democratic	6	0	0	1
Unaffiliated	8	0	0	3
Total	14	0	0	4
% of votes cast	78%	0%	0%	22%

How each member voted (18)

Member	Party	Vote
Bloom	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Quirk	—	Yea
Eggman	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Diep	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Brough	—	Not Voting
Obernolte	—	Not Voting
Bigelow	—	Not Voting
Eduardo Garcia	—	Yea
Bonta, Mia	Democratic	Yea
Calderon, Lisa	Democratic	Yea
Carrillo, Juan	Democratic	Yea
Fong, Mike	Democratic	Not Voting
Gabriel, Jesse	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Rivas, Robert	Democratic	Yea

Official roll call →

Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

April 23, 2019

Passed 9 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other

Party	Yea	Nay	Present	Not Voting
Unaffiliated	6	0	0	2
Democratic	3	0	0	0
Republican	0	0	0	1
Total	9	0	0	3
% of votes cast	75%	0%	0%	25%

How each member voted (12)

Member	Party	Vote
Chiu	—	Yea
Maienschein	—	Yea
Holden	—	Yea
Gonzalez	—	Yea
Chau	—	Yea
Obernolte	—	Not Voting
Kiley	—	Not Voting
Mark Stone	—	Yea
Kalra, Ash	Democratic	Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie	Democratic	Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez	Democratic	Yea
Gallagher, James	Republican	Not Voting

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights education

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 242 do?: (1) Existing law authorizes the Judicial Council to provide by rule of court for racial, ethnic, and gender bias, and sexual harassment training and training for any other bias based on sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation for judges, commissioners, and referees. This bill would authorize the Judicial Council to develop training on implicit bias with respect to these characteristics. The bill would require all court staff who interact with the public to complete 2 hours of any training developed by the Judicial Council pursuant to this authorization every 2 years. The bill would authorize the Judicial Council to adopt a rule of court, effective January 1, 2021, to implement these requirements. (2) Existing law requires the State Bar to request the California Supreme Court to adopt a rule of court authorizing the State Bar to establish and administer a mandatory continuing legal education (MCLE) program. This bill would require the State Bar to adopt regulations to require the mandatory continuing legal education curriculum to include training on implicit bias and the promotion of bias-reducing strategies, as specified. The bill would require a licensee of the State Bar to meet the requirements for each MCLE compliance period ending after January 31, 2023.
Who sponsors AB 242?: AB 242 is sponsored by Kamlager-Dove, Levine, Mitchell, and Wiener, Scott D. (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 242?: This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 18, 2019. Enacted.
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At a glance

Identifier: AB 242
Jurisdiction: California
Session: 2019-2020 Regular Session
Type: Bill
Introduced: January 18, 2019
Status: Enacted
Prime sponsor: Kamlager-Dove

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