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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals."
+description: "Existing law uses the term \"hearing impaired,\" or a close variation of that term, in numerous provisions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1709"
+citation: "California AB 1709 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Gallagher"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 21
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2016-01-25"
+last_action: "2016-07-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b8a44b2-5b2e-4d51-a33e-87769e0a35b5"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1709"
+source_hash: "16b717221c85f251c8677ee8992ac5f92f2fcd1504860a77074f7eb0327327a5"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1709 (20152016) — Deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals.
+
+Existing law uses the term "hearing impaired," or a close variation of that term, in numerous provisions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **01/25/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1709&version=20150AB170999INT)
+2. **04/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1709&version=20150AB170998AMD)
+3. **04/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1709&version=20150AB170997AMD)
+4. **07/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1709&version=20150AB170995CHP)
+5. **AB1709** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1709)
+6. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1709&version=20150AB170996ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1709 GALLAGHER Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Gallagher — primary (person)
+- Anderson — coauthor (person)
+- Kim — coauthor (person)
+- Lackey — coauthor (person)
+- Mathis — coauthor (person)
+- Nielsen — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-01-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2016-01-26** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
+- **2016-02-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-06** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2016-04-14** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
+- **2016-04-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-05-03** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 4725.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-19** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-15** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-16** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4645.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2016-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 94, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b8a44b2-5b2e-4d51-a33e-87769e0a35b5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
+