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Data collection: race and ethnicity: minimum categories.

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CA AB 1186 · Assembly Bill · 2025–2026

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Assembly
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2
Latest action
Feb 2, 2026

What it does

Existing law requires state agencies, boards, or commissions that directly or by contract collect demographic data on the ethnic origin, ethnicity, or race of Californians to use specified collection categories for Asian, Native Hawaiian, Pacific Islander, Black, and African American groups.

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