Eloise Reyes
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 50
Author
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, makes specified employment and housing practices unlawful, including discrimination against or harassment of employees and tenants, among others. Existing law authorizes a person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful practice to file a verified complaint with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing within one year from the date upon which the unlawful practice occurred, unless otherwise specified. This bill would extend the above-described period to 3 years for complaints alleging employment discrimination, as specified. The bill would specify that the operative date of the verified complaint is the date that the intake form was filed with the Labor Commissioner. The bill would make conforming changes in provisions that grant a person allegedly aggrieved by an unlawful practice who first obtains knowledge of the facts of the alleged unlawful practice after the expiration of the limitations period, as specified. Existing law authorizes the Director of Fair Employment and Housing to bring a civil action in the name of the department on behalf of a person claiming to be aggrieved in the case of failure to eliminate an unlawful practice through conference, conciliation, mediation, or persuasion. Existing law requires the director to bring the civil action within a specified time after the filing of the complaint. This bill would, for those purposes, define filing a complaint to mean filing an intake form with the department, and would specify that the operative date of the verified complaint relates back to the filing of the form. This bill would prohibit its provisions from being interpreted to revive lapsed claims.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 709, Statutes of 2019.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 5. Page 3116.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 7 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 7. Page 2525.).
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 30).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 9).
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 5. Page 1863.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 2.) (May 16).
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (March 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
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| AB9 | HTML |
| 12/03/18 - Introduced | |
| 03/21/19 - Amended Assembly | |
| 07/11/19 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/10/19 - Enrolled | |
| 10/10/19 - Chaptered |
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