Ricardo Lara
- Democratic
Author
The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) makes specified employment practices unlawful, including the harassment of an employee directly by the employer or indirectly by agents of the employer with the employer's knowledge. FEHA requires employers with 50 or more employees to provide at least 2 hours of prescribed training and education regarding sexual harassment to all supervisory employees within 6 months of their assumption of a supervisory position and once every 2 years, as specified. This bill would additionally require employers with 50 or more employees to include, as a component of that prescribed training and education for supervisors, training inclusive of harassment based on gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. FEHA requires each employer to post a poster on discrimination in employment, which includes information relating to the illegality of sexual harassment, in a prominent and accessible location in the workplace. The bill would also require each employer to post a poster developed by the Department of Fair Employment and Housing regarding transgender rights in a prominent and accessible location in the workplace. The California Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act makes programs and services available to individuals with employment barriers and creates a board, composed of the Governor and Governor-appointed members who represent specified interests, including representatives of the state workforce, to carry out specified functions in furtherance of that act. This bill would expand the definition of an "individual with employment barriers" to include transgender and gender nonconforming individuals. The bill also would authorize the appointments to the board representing the state workforce to include representatives of community-based organizations that serve transgender and gender nonconforming individuals. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 14012 of the Unemployment Insurance Code proposed by AB 957 to be operative only if this bill and AB 957 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 858, Statutes of 2017.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2952.) Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 28. Noes 8. Page 2997.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3026.)
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 16. Page 3400.) Ordered to the Senate.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 20. Page 2849.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 5.) (August 23).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Coauthors revised.
Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 46. Noes 18. Page 2425.)
From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 3). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
June 20 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
Referred to Coms. on HIGHER ED. and HEALTH.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 1277.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1184.) (May 25).
Set for hearing May 25.
May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 15.
May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
Set for hearing May 8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1. Page 886.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HEALTH. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 782.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH.
Set for hearing April 26.
Set for hearing April 19.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| SB396 | HTML |
| 02/15/17 - Introduced | |
| 04/04/17 - Amended Senate | |
| 06/28/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/31/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/07/17 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/20/17 - Enrolled | |
| 10/15/17 - Chaptered |
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