Local government: collection of demographic data.

The bill was assigned Chapter 768 and the Governor's approval date of October 13, 2025 was added, confirming it became law.

Senate and Assembly passage signature pages and the blank gubernatorial signature block were removed as part of the standard transition from enrolled to chaptered format.

Formatting changes only: line numbers removed, page numbers updated from 97 to 96, column widths adjusted, and tracked-change artifacts (such as the struck-through word 'residents' in the digest) cleaned up for the final enrolled text.

Procedural enrollment language added: Senate passage date (May 29, 2025), Assembly passage date (September 11, 2025), and a blank Governor approval line with date placeholder.

The bill now explicitly applies to charter cities, which are typically exempt from state law unless the state asserts a matter of statewide concern. A new findings section specifically declares this is a statewide concern to override charter city autonomy.

The demographic data collection requirement was narrowed from covering both 'residents' and 'persons hired for employment' to only 'persons hired for employment by a city, county, or city and county.' This removes the broader resident-level data collection obligation.

The detailed historical definition of 'American Freedman' (referencing the Thirteenth Amendment, Emancipation Proclamation, Confiscation Acts, freedom suits, gradual abolition, manumission, and Revolutionary War service) was removed from the operative section of the bill.

The statewide concern findings were restructured into what appears to be two separate sections both labeled 'SEC. 2,' one addressing the code section specifically and another addressing the broader policy goal of enhancing demographic data accuracy.

The requirement to include additional collection categories for Black or African American groups now applies only to demographic data collected about persons hired for employment by a city, county, or city and county, rather than to all persons whose ancestry or ethnic origin is being collected.

Header updated to reflect 'Amended in Senate March 26, 2025' and digest changed from 'as introduced' to 'as amended.'

The state mandate reimbursement language was repositioned within the document (moved from before to after page 2) with no change to its substance.