---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination: Civil Rights Act of 2007."
description: "Discrimination: Civil Rights Act of 2007."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20072008"
identifier: "AB 14"
citation: "California AB 14 (20072008)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination: Civil Rights Act of 2007."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Laird"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2006-12-04"
last_action: "2007-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2882fd6-0a2e-40fb-9672-7693d5118a7f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14"
source_hash: "4b133aff7076c16fc37d7cdcae3ae283aed5600f9c6a1a94341bec7d5e1bef3f"
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 14 (20072008) — Discrimination: Civil Rights Act of 2007.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/04/06 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14&version=20070AB1499INT)
2. **04/12/07 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14&version=20070AB1498AMD)
3. **06/14/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14&version=20070AB1497AMD)
4. **07/03/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14&version=20070AB1496AMD)
5. **08/27/07 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14&version=20070AB1495AMD)
6. **10/12/07 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14&version=20070AB1493CHP)
7. **AB14** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14)
8. **09/19/07 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200720080AB14&version=20070AB1494ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB14 Laird By Kuehl — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 14 Laird Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 14 LAIRD Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Laird — primary (person)
- Hancock — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Kuehl — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Lieber — coauthor (person)
- Saldana — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2006-12-04** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2006-12-05** From printer. May be heard in committee January 4.
- **2007-02-01** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-04-11** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (March 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2007-04-12** Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage`
- **2007-04-16** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `referral-committee`
- **2007-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2007-05-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-05-16** (Corrected May 15.)
- **2007-05-17** (Corrected May 16.)
- **2007-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 29. Page 1560.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2007-06-07** Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `referral-committee`
- **2007-06-14** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-06-27** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) . `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2007-07-03** 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. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-introduction, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2007-07-10** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2007-07-11** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-08-27** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2007-08-28** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2007-09-11** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 2555.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2007-09-11** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2007-09-12** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 29. Page 3345.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2007-09-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 1:45 p.m.
- **2007-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2007-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 568, Statutes of 2007.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2882fd6-0a2e-40fb-9672-7693d5118a7f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).