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CA ACR260

Concurrent Resolution

Official Source

Status

Passed

9/5/2018

Primary Sponsor

Evan Low

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Origin

State Assembly

2017-2018 Session

AI Summary

  • Legislature should engage in coordinated effort to revise existing statutes and introduce new legislation using gender-neutral pronouns or reusing nouns instead of gendered pronouns
  • State agencies should use gender-neutral pronouns and avoid gendered pronouns when drafting policies, regulations, and other guidance
  • Resolution recognizes that gendered language persists in older state statutes that have not been amended or repealed
  • Notes that grammatical techniques to avoid gendered pronouns include reusing nouns, creating new gender-neutral pronouns, and expanding use of "they" as a singular pronoun
  • Emphasizes that gender-neutral language is necessary to recognize and represent transgender, nonbinary, and all persons in state law

Legislative Description

Statutes: gender-neutral language: pronouns.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Res. Chapter 190, Statutes of 2018.

9/5/2018

Committee Referrals

Rules8/21/2018
Judiciary8/6/2018

Full Bill Text

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