Steve Bradford
- Democratic
Author
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, prohibits various forms of employment discrimination and empowers the Civil Rights Department to investigate and prosecute complaints alleging unlawful practices. Existing law, on and after January 1, 2024, makes it unlawful for an employer to discriminate against a person in hiring, termination, or any term or condition of employment, or otherwise penalize a person because of the person's use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace, except as specified. This bill would make it unlawful for an employer to request information from an applicant for employment relating to the applicant's prior use of cannabis, as specified. Under the bill, information about a person's prior cannabis use obtained from the person's criminal history would be exempt from the above-described existing law and bill provisions relating to prior cannabis use if the employer is permitted to consider or inquire about that information under a specified provision of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act or other state or federal law.
Approved by the Governor.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 408, Statutes of 2023.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2817.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 8. Page 3466.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (September 1).
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (July 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1353.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1180.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 18.
May 8 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 8.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0. Page 898.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Set for hearing April 26.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 687.) (April 11).
Set for hearing April 11.
Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R.
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 19.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB700 | HTML |
| 02/16/23 - Introduced | |
| 03/20/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 04/13/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/01/23 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/19/23 - Enrolled | |
| 10/07/23 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/07/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 04/25/23- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 05/05/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/27/23- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 06/30/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 08/21/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 09/05/23- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 09/14/23- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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