---
type: "Bill"
title: "Fair Employment and Housing Act."
description: "Fair Employment and Housing Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1146"
citation: "California AB 1146 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fair Employment and Housing Act."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chan"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-08-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4d5417d9-df98-48b6-947a-d54644f32154"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146"
source_hash: "ca78ac1706b846a4c73bc0cf71ed2a3355b54bd866db5d0a46b5bd5b2c92d947"
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 1146 (20012002) — Fair Employment and Housing Act.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146&version=20010AB114699INT)
2. **01/14/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146&version=20010AB114697AMD)
3. **01/28/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146&version=20010AB114696AMD)
4. **04/25/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146&version=20010AB114695AMD)
5. **05/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146&version=20010AB114698AMD)
6. **08/28/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146&version=20010AB114693CHP)
7. **AB1146** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146)
8. **08/12/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1146&version=20010AB114694ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1146 Chan Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 1146 Chan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1146 Chan By O'Connell — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-08-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 294, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-08-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-08-16** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2002-08-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 49. Noes 29. Page 7532.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-08** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 5302.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (April 24). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-04-04** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-30** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 28. Page 4652.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-01-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (January 23). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-18** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived.
- **2002-01-15** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-14** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary by unanimous consent. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-08** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-05-08** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-05-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Human Services Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Human Services. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-26** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2001-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2001-02-23** 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/4d5417d9-df98-48b6-947a-d54644f32154`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).