---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment discrimination: religious entities."
description: "Employment discrimination: religious entities."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1541"
citation: "California AB 1541 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment discrimination: religious entities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keeley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 30
vote_count: 6
first_action: "1999-02-26"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9934a27-ba0f-4513-869d-9ab9f1aad2d9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541"
source_hash: "96a370b82c851d39ecacc2d22420b9fc39c9e4cde29b4b104fac128f98d366ab"
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 1541 (19992000) — Employment discrimination: religious entities.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/26/99 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541&version=19990AB154199INT)
2. **05/13/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541&version=19990AB154198AMD)
3. **06/01/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541&version=19990AB154197AMD)
4. **08/16/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541&version=19990AB154196AMD)
5. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541&version=19990AB154195AMD)
6. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541&version=19990AB154193CHP)
7. **AB1541** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541)
8. **09/07/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541&version=19990AB154194ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1541 KEELEY CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1541 KEELEY THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1541 Keeley By Hughes — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Keeley — primary (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **1999-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 913, Statutes of 1999.
- **1999-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **1999-09-15** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
- **1999-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 3992.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **1999-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **1999-09-02** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2856.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-09-01** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-31** Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-08-30** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **1999-08-23** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-08-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-08-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **1999-07-14** Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
- **1999-07-08** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **1999-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **1999-06-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **1999-06-04** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 2506.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **1999-06-01** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-27** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-26** From inactive file. To third reading.
- **1999-05-25** Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78. Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Keeley.
- **1999-05-24** Passed on file.
- **1999-05-13** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **1999-05-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **1999-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **1999-04-08** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 7). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **1999-03-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **1999-03-01** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **1999-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **1999-02-26** Introduced. To print. `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9934a27-ba0f-4513-869d-9ab9f1aad2d9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).