Legislative · State · CA
California Bill to Ease Professional Licensing for Descendants of Slaves Vetoed by Governor
- Direction
- +1 — benefit to freedmen
- Force
- 1.00 — enacted, vetoed, or final
- Status
- Decided
- Date
- 2025-10-13
Why this rating
The bill's substantive licensing terms are not detailed in the available material, but its title indicates it would have created a lineage-based accommodation for applicants who are descendants of slaves within state occupational licensing. Because the Governor vetoed the bill on 2025-10-13 and the legislature's subsequent action on 2026-01-22 removed consideration of a veto override from the file (indicating no override was pursued), the measure did not take legal effect. With no force of law, there is no material change to licensing outcomes for freedmen descendants; the bill's potential lineage-specific benefit was never realized.
Summary
AB 742, a California Assembly bill titled 'Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves,' proposed to add and later repeal Section 115.7 of the state's Business and Professions Code, which governs professions and vocations regulated by the Department of Consumer Affairs. The bill was authored by Assemblymember Sade Elhawary with multiple co-sponsors including Mia Bonta, Isaac Bryan, and Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas.
Sources
- Department of Consumer Affairs: licensing: applicants who are descendants of slaves. — bill text · primary · legiscan
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