Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 28
Author
The Unruh Civil Rights Act generally prohibits business establishments from discriminating on specified bases. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (act) prohibits discrimination in housing and employment on specified bases. Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Department (department) and prescribes its functions, duties, and powers, including to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging employment discrimination pursuant to specified laws, including the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the act. Existing law specifies that while it is the intention of the Legislature that the act occupy the field of regulation of discrimination in employment and housing, the act does not limit or restrict the application of the Unruh Civil Rights Act. This bill would also specify that nothing in the act limits or restricts efforts by any city, city and county, county, or other political subdivision of the state to enforce local law prohibiting discrimination in employment against classes of persons covered by the act if certain requirements are met, including a requirement that local enforcement is pursuant to a local law that is at least as protective as the act. The bill would require the department to promulgate regulations governing local enforcement pursuant to those provisions.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 626, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5733.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 11. Page 6886.) Ordered to the Senate.
Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15).
August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 2).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 4071.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3980.) (May 16).
Set for hearing May 16.
May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 13.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3758.) (April 24).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3636.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
Set for hearing April 24 in L., P.E. & R. pending receipt.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 16.
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R.
Withdrawn from committee.
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
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 |
|---|---|
| SB1340 | HTML |
| 02/16/24 - Introduced | |
| 03/20/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/10/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/25/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 05/01/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/03/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/23/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/04/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/26/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/12/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/24/24- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 05/10/24- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/17/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/17/24- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 06/29/24- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 08/05/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/23/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/29/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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