---
type: "Bill"
title: "Age discrimination in employment."
description: "Age discrimination in employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 1599"
citation: "California AB 1599 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Age discrimination in employment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Negrete McLeod"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2001-02-23"
last_action: "2002-09-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/93222d23-dd8a-470c-ab82-14c4ce7f5329"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599"
source_hash: "1f7e2ef2d8a544b33e0f6ef5a4d1c2fb6671ce07cd26dc906f25d7c2fa001c7a"
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 1599 (20012002) — Age discrimination in employment.

## 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=200120020AB1599&version=20010AB159999INT)
2. **01/18/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599&version=20010AB159996AMD)
3. **04/16/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599&version=20010AB159998AMD)
4. **07/03/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599&version=20010AB159997AMD)
5. **08/22/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599&version=20010AB159995AMD)
6. **09/15/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599&version=20010AB159993CHP)
7. **AB1599** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599)
8. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB1599&version=20010AB159994ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1599 Negrete McLe By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Public Safety. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1599 Negrete McLeod Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 1599 Negrete McLeod Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1599 Negrete McLe By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Negrete McLeod — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2002-09-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 525, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-11** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 30. Page 8439.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-27** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 5836.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-26** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-22** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-21** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2002-08-21** Withdrawn from Enrollment. Ordered returned to Senate.
- **2002-08-15** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2002-08-14** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 5415.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2002-07-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-06-19** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2002-02-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-01-28** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 4589.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-01-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 6.) (January 24). Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, committee-passage-favorable, reading-1, committee-passage`
- **2002-01-22** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-01-18** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-01-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (January 15). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-01-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2002-01-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Judiciary Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (January 9). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-07-09** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment by unanimous consent. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-05** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-07-03** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-04-24** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2001-04-19** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Public Safety. `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-16** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Public Safety (Ayes 8. Noes 4.) (April 3). Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, committee-passage, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2001-03-22** Referred to Standing Committee on Water, Parks and Wildlife and Standing Committee on Public Safety. `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/93222d23-dd8a-470c-ab82-14c4ce7f5329`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).