Establishes the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency to verify residents' status as American Freedmen and maintain a database.
The bill establishes the California American Freedmen Affairs Agency within state government to verify residents' status as American Freedmen and create an accurate database registry. The agency will verify residents' status by requiring documentation of direct ancestors who were enslaved in the U.S. between 1776 and 1865. It will also establish the American Freedmen Genealogy Office and the Office of Freedmen Legal Affairs. The agency will not share personal information outside the agency except as necessary to fulfill its purpose.
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