---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public school employers: unlawful acts."
description: "Public school employers: unlawful acts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 109"
citation: "California AB 109 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public school employers: unlawful acts."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dymally"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-01-13"
last_action: "2003-09-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4aa6c891-c8bb-47b4-8ab4-6c0cc9e4bbf6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB109"
source_hash: "c051ede429995dd87b74def7454467f2b1174934af5799c093b1c7434a760a46"
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 109 (20032004) — Public school employers: unlawful acts.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/13/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB109&version=20030AB10999INT)
2. **04/22/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB109&version=20030AB10998AMD)
3. **07/07/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB109&version=20030AB10997AMD)
4. **09/04/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB109&version=20030AB10995CHP)
5. **AB109** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB109)
6. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB109&version=20030AB10996ENR)

## Votes

- ab 109 dymally assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab109 dymally by romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 109 dymally concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- do pass as amended, and re-refer to the committee on labor and industrial relations. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dymally — primary (person)
- Bermudez — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-04** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 276, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-03** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 3062.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 1954.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-07-07** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-03** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations (Ayes 9. Noes 1.). `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Education and Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-24** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-24** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 24. Page 1245.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2003-01-21** Referred to Standing Committee on Public Employees, Retirement and Social Security. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-14** From printer. May be heard in committee February 13.
- **2003-01-13** 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/4aa6c891-c8bb-47b4-8ab4-6c0cc9e4bbf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).