January 11, 2024. In compliance with Government Code Section 8310.6 (Senate Bill 189 – 2022), the State Employee Race/Ethnicity Questionnaire (CalHR 1070 form) has been updated to include the following additional ethnicity categories for Black or African American groups:
- A descendant of a person or persons who were enslaved in the United States.
- Not a descendant of a person or persons who were enslaved in the United States, including, but not limited to, African Black, Caribbean Black, or other Black.
- Descendant status is unknown or choose not to identify.
In addition, CalHR 1070 has been updated so that employees may identify themselves as non-binary gender. Please use the new form effective January 2, 2024. The State Controller’s Office December 29, 2023, notice provides technical instructions to Personnel staff.
Please note that if an employee chooses not to identify their race/ethnicity, visual identification is required by Title 29, Code of Federal Regulations section 1602.30 to meet Equal Employment Opportunity Commission EEO-4 reporting requirements. The information collected via this form will be used for statistical analysis as required under Government Code Sections 19792 subdivisions (h) and (i).