---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public contracts: prohibitions: discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation."
description: "Existing law prohibits a state agency from entering into a contract for the acquisition of goods or services in the amount of $100,000 or more with a contractor who, in the provision of benefits, discriminates between employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners, or discriminates between the domestic partners and spouses of those employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 117"
citation: "California SB 117 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public contracts: prohibitions: discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kehoe"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2011-01-20"
last_action: "2011-09-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/922f8af5-f97f-4471-bf4d-6fafc8d8c162"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB117"
source_hash: "16df30b78f936c4fc557e2280473fe45f7eb6dd421085a5ab011b416e2bf5d72"
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 SB 117 (20112012) — Public contracts: prohibitions: discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.

Existing law prohibits a state agency from entering into a contract for the acquisition of goods or services in the amount of $100,000 or more with a contractor who, in the provision of benefits, discriminates between employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners, or discriminates between the domestic partners and spouses of those employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/20/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB117&version=20110SB11799INT)
2. **06/30/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB117&version=20110SB11798AMD)
3. **09/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB117&version=20110SB11796CHP)
4. **SB117** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB117)
5. **08/24/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB117&version=20110SB11797ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **3–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **7–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **21–15** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB117 Kehoe Concurrence — **22–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **7–5** (pass) · upper
- SB 117 Kehoe Senate Third Reading By ATKINS — **52–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kehoe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-01-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-01-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 20.
- **2011-02-10** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-09** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2011-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 5. Page 415.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-03-23** Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 5.
- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 559.) (April 5). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 15. Page 896.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-23** Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 21). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-07-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 25. Page 2331.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-07-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-08-22** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 1999.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2011-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 231, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/922f8af5-f97f-4471-bf4d-6fafc8d8c162`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).