---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination."
description: "Discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 196"
citation: "California AB 196 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Leno"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 19
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2003-01-27"
last_action: "2003-08-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/52b057e5-f92c-4534-ae82-10182b973473"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB196"
source_hash: "4bd985b17d5e96da9736cd0aa3541b4c138c58a8848896c8f13d7c98f7010533"
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 196 (20032004) — Discrimination.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/27/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB196&version=20030AB19699INT)
2. **03/26/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB196&version=20030AB19698AMD)
3. **08/02/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB196&version=20030AB19696CHP)
4. **AB196** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB196)
5. **07/24/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB196&version=20030AB19697ENR)

## Votes

- ab 196 leno assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab196 leno by kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Leno — primary (person)
- Berg — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Longville — coauthor (person)
- Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-08-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-08-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-07-29** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1956.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-06-18** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-05-08** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2003-04-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-04-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 34. Page 1094.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 8.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-27** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-03-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-02-03** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-01-28** From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
- **2003-01-27** 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/52b057e5-f92c-4534-ae82-10182b973473`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).