---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination."
description: "Discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 1536"
citation: "California AB 1536 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Goldberg"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-21"
last_action: "2003-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08fc2a74-aec1-44b6-ba91-141f8d51e9f4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1536"
source_hash: "2026b6dbd635d74196147d7ccec36c530337ed7d5aa75256de6bcaaac6c60db4"
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 1536 (20032004) — Discrimination.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1536&version=20030AB153699INT)
2. **04/02/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1536&version=20030AB153698AMD)
3. **08/18/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1536&version=20030AB153697AMD)
4. **09/22/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1536&version=20030AB153695CHP)
5. **AB1536** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1536)
6. **09/02/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB1536&version=20030AB153696ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab1536 goldberg by escutia — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 1536 goldberg assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 1536 goldberg concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Goldberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 447, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-20** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2003-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 44. Noes 33. Page 3298.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-08-27** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 15. Page 2164.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-08-19** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-08-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-17** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 30. Page 1707.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-12** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-04-03** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-24** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2003-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
- **2003-02-21** 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/08fc2a74-aec1-44b6-ba91-141f8d51e9f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).