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This bill requires the California Film Commission to enhance its existing motion picture tax credit program by integrating additional data collection requirements without creating a separate compliance program. Specifically, the bill mandates the collection of more comprehensive demographic information about employees in film productions, including voluntary data on disability status, veteran status, and LGBTQ+ status, as well as aggregate ZIP code hiring data and apprenticeship utilization reports. The commission must develop these new data collection protocols in consultation with industry stakeholders, payroll companies, and experts, ensuring clear definitions, reporting templates, and metrics that aim to reduce non-response rates and improve data analysis. The bill requires the use of existing enforcement mechanisms for the tax credit program to ensure compliance, without creating new penalties or reducing tax credit allocations. Additionally, the commission must publish an annual public report summarizing the collected data, highlighting diversity and economic impact trends, and offering recommendations for program improvements. The new data collection requirements will only become operative upon specific legislative appropriation, and the goal is to gain a more comprehensive understanding of workforce demographics and economic impacts in California's film industry while protecting individual employee privacy.

Budget and Finance, Business and Industry

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