加州议会通过一项法案，要求州机构在收集人口统计信息时添加"犹太人"作为族裔或祖先选项，允许居民在州政府表格上自愿标注犹太血统 1。该法案旨在帮助州官员和研究人员获得更准确的加州犹太人群体数据 1。
该法案由民主党州参议员Henry Stern提出 1。Stern表示这一举措是为了让犹太人群体更好地被看见和代表 1。根据法案内容，州机构在进行此项统计时已建立多层隐私保护措施，禁止披露个人身份信息 1。法案经周五更新，豁免了可能因此举措而失去联邦资金的机构 1。在获得州长Gavin Newsom签署前，该法案仍需经州议会最终投票通过 1。
Stern提出这一法案的背景是，他在2023年10月哈马斯袭击以色列当天前往犹太教堂时遭到反犹言论骚扰，之后决定定期佩戴犹太圆顶帽 1。
California's legislature has advanced legislation that would permit residents to voluntarily identify as Jewish on state government documents.1 The bill requires state agencies to include "Jewish" as an ethnicity or ancestry option when collecting demographic information, with the stated goal of providing state officials and researchers with more comprehensive data about California's Jewish population.1
Democratic State Senator Henry Stern authored the measure, motivated partly by a personal experience in October 2023 when he was harassed with antisemitic remarks while traveling to a synagogue following Hamas's attack on Israel—an incident that prompted him to begin regularly wearing a Jewish skullcap.1 Stern has characterized the legislation as a way to ensure the Jewish community becomes more visible and better represented in state records.1
The bill includes multiple privacy protections, prohibiting agencies from disclosing "personally identifiable information" related to the identification.1 An update made on Friday exempted institutions that might otherwise risk losing federal funding as a result of the measure.1 The legislation still requires a final vote by the state legislature before it can be sent to Governor Gavin Newsom for his signature.1
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