Roderick Wright
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment, participate in a labor organization, and participate in employment training or apprenticeship programs without discrimination or abridgment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, or sexual orientation. Existing law authorizes a person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful practice under these provisions to file a complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and authorizes the department to bring a civil action on the behalf of the person in the case of a failure to eliminate an unlawful practice under these provisions. This bill would provide that, in a claim of discrimination or retaliation under these provisions, the person claiming to have been aggrieved shall prevail if he or she has proven that a protected characteristic or activity was a substantial motivating factor, as defined, in the employment action or decision. If an employer pleads and proves that it would have made the same employment action or decision at the same time, without considering the protected characteristic or activity, the remedies available to the employee would be limited as specified. In addition, if an employer pleads and proves that it would have made the same employment action or decision at the same time without considering the protected characteristic or activity, the bill would authorize injunctive relief and attorney's and expert's fees against the employer and would require a specified civil penalty to be paid by that employer to the employee.
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
In Senate. Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 11. Page 2430.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 3225.) Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Ordered to third reading.
Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Read third time and amended. (Page 2963.)
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2.
Assembly Rule 69(b) suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 2962.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (August 13).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 13. Page 1198.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 663.) (April 23).
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 23.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
Read first time.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB655 | HTML |
| 02/22/13 - Introduced | |
| 04/01/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/15/13 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/06/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/06/13 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/19/13 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
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