State and local agencies: demographic data.

The document was reformatted from a chaptered PDF-style layout (with page numbers, running headers, and centered formatting) to a web page layout with navigation menus, search tools, bill tracking links, and a digest key showing vote/appropriation/fiscal/local program status. No changes to the actual statutory text.

Added chapter number 357 and governor approval date of October 6, 2025, replacing the blank receipt date from the enrolled version.

Replaced legislative process markings (Assembly/Senate passage dates, clerk and secretary signatures) with the standard 'STATE OF CALIFORNIA AUTHENTICATED ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL' header used in chaptered bills.

Page headers and footers changed from 'AB 91' format to 'Ch. 357' format, and line breaks were reflowed to fit the new page layout. All statutory text is substantively identical.

The commencement date for using separate collection categories for Middle Eastern and North African groups was delayed from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2028.

The deadline for including the new data in demographic reports was delayed from January 1, 2028 to January 1, 2029.

The definition of 'state agency' was expanded to explicitly include offices, officers, departments, divisions, bureaus, boards, and commissions, broadening which state entities are covered.

The California State University was removed from the definition of 'state agency' (previously it was included), and the University of California was added as an explicit exclusion. Both major public university systems are now outside the bill's mandate, though the Legislature still requests UC comply voluntarily.

Minor text corrections: removed a duplicated word ('agencies agencies') in the digest and removed redundant 'to the public' phrasing in subdivision (d)(2).

Enrollment formatting changes: removed amendment history headers, coauthor lists, line-by-line numbering, and the phrase 'as amended' from the digest; added passage dates for both chambers, a blank governor receipt date line, a blank chapter number, and an approval signature block.

The start date for state and local agencies to use separate MENA collection categories was delayed from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027, giving agencies one additional year to implement the new data collection forms.

The deadline for including MENA demographic data in published reports was delayed from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2028, meaning the first reports required to include this data will not appear until a full year later than previously required.

The short title of the act was changed from 'Middle Eastern and North African Inclusion Act or the MENA Act' to 'Middle Eastern and North African Inclusion Act (MENA Inclusion Act),' clarifying the official abbreviation.

The start date for state and local agencies to use separate MENA collection categories was moved from January 1, 2026 to January 1, 2027.

The deadline for including MENA data in published demographic reports was moved from January 1, 2027 to January 1, 2028.

The short title of the act was changed from 'Middle Eastern and North African Act' to 'Middle Eastern and North African Inclusion Act' (MENA Inclusion Act).

Three new Assembly coauthors were added: Ahrens, Petrie-Norris, and Wicks.

Subdivision lettering was reorganized throughout the section; the collection requirement moved from subdivision (a) to (b), and cross-references were updated accordingly.

A new subdivision (a) was added at the beginning of Section 8310.4 providing that the act shall be known and may be cited as the 'Middle Eastern and North African Act' or the 'MENA Act.'

All subdivisions in Section 8310.4 were relettered by one position (old a became b, old b became c, etc.) to accommodate the new short-title provision, with internal cross-references updated accordingly.

Section 1(b)(2) now requires agencies to make 'aggregated data' available to the public rather than just 'the data,' clarifying that individual-level records cannot be published.

Section 1(c)(1) adds an explicit prohibition: agencies shall not disclose personal identifying information about any person whose demographic data is collected under this section to the public.

A new definition of 'personal identifying information' is added, incorporating by reference the meaning from subdivision (b) of Section 530.55 of the Penal Code, which covers names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and similar identifiers.

The legislative digest was updated to reflect that agencies must make 'aggregated data' available to the public, aligning the summary with the strengthened operative text.