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Chattel slavery: formal apology.

It became law on Sep 26, 2024.

CA AB 3089 · Assembly Bill · 2023–2024

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Became law
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Sponsors
+9
Latest action
Sep 26, 2024

What it does

Former law established, until July 1, 2023, the Task Force to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans, with a Special Consideration for African Americans Who are Descendants of Persons Enslaved in the United States. Former law required the Task Force to, among other things, identify, compile, and synthesize the relevant corpus of evidentiary documentation of the institution of slavery that existed within the United States and the colonies that became the United States, and to recommend appropriate remedies in consideration of the Task Force's findings, as specified. Former law required the Task Force to submit a written report of its findings and recommendations to the…

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Where it stands

This bill passed and is now law.

  1. Introduced (Done)

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    Sep 26, 2024

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It is law in California. What happens now is up to the agency that carries it out, the courts, and the place itself.

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