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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Fair Employment and Housing Council: membership: length of terms."
+description: "Existing law creates the Fair Employment and Housing Council within the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The council consists of 7 members, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, who serve 4-year terms."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 2780"
+citation: "California AB 2780 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Fair Employment and Housing Council: membership: length of terms."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2016-02-19"
+last_action: "2016-08-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/34e280c2-32fb-4356-97d1-7cee19450f4c"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2780"
+source_hash: "a16cba99a7ed60d8fc6530f306d249ffbea04ee34b860603465e357231f066d3"
+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 2780 (20152016) — Fair Employment and Housing Council: membership: length of terms.
+
+Existing law creates the Fair Employment and Housing Council within the Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The council consists of 7 members, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Senate, who serve 4-year terms.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2780&version=20150AB278099INT)
+2. **06/09/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2780&version=20150AB278098AMD)
+3. **08/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2780&version=20150AB278096CHP)
+4. **AB2780** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2780)
+5. **08/16/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2780&version=20150AB278097ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2780 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 2780 HOLDEN Consent Calendar Second Day — **79–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Holden — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
+- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2016-03-10** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-04-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 6). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-04-14** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-21** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 4464.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-04-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-05-05** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
+- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4874.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-08-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2016-08-15** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5816.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-08-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
+- **2016-08-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-08-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 188, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/34e280c2-32fb-4356-97d1-7cee19450f4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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