---
type: "Bill"
title: "Hate violence."
description: "Hate violence."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 1785"
citation: "California AB 1785 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hate violence."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Villaraigosa"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 24
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2000-01-26"
last_action: "2000-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54558e79-b38b-4941-8d15-c4a9567e1928"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785"
source_hash: "6aad437efd6dd785668abf46b7e09302d408390605bc57e6303d6f1350e5893b"
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 1785 (19992000) — Hate violence.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/26/00 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785&version=19990AB178599INT)
2. **05/01/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785&version=19990AB178598AMD)
3. **05/26/00 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785&version=19990AB178597AMD)
4. **08/08/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785&version=19990AB178596AMD)
5. **08/28/00 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785&version=19990AB178595AMD)
6. **09/30/00 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785&version=19990AB178593CHP)
7. **AB1785** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785)
8. **08/30/00 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1785&version=19990AB178594ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1785 Villaraigosa By Murray — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1785 VILLARAIGOSA CONCURRENCE — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1785 VILLARAIGOSA AMEND BY THOMPSON LAY ON THE TABLE BY SHELLEY — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1785 VILLARAIGOSA THIRD READING — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Villaraigosa — primary (person)
- Alarcon — coauthor (person)
- Bock — coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Hughes — coauthor (person)
- Keeley — coauthor (person)
- Knox — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
- Murray — coauthor (person)
- Solis — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Washington — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2000-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 955, Statutes of 2000.
- **2000-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2000-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2000-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 30. Page 8779.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2000-08-29** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2000-08-29** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 6251.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-08-28** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2000-08-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 4.). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-08-22** Joint Rule 61(b)(14) suspended.
- **2000-08-14** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2000-08-08** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-08-07** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 10. Noes 2.). `committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2000-06-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education. `referral-committee`
- **2000-06-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2000-05-31** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 26. Page 6841.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2000-05-30** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2000-05-02** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2000-05-01** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2000-04-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2000-03-02** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (February 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2000-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2000-01-27** From printer. May be heard in committee February 25.
- **2000-01-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/54558e79-b38b-4941-8d15-c4a9567e1928`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).