---
type: "Bill"
title: "Inuit."
description: "Existing law includes the term \"Eskimo\" and \"Eskimos.\""
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 2287"
citation: "California AB 2287 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Inuit"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chen"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-02-08"
last_action: "2024-07-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5d0bb49-f713-4a15-8dff-6ab535526472"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2287"
source_hash: "42ad78f2f14c9fb7a1e1c699338fc28f1fc179cf4b4b69b60c5f8f8ddf730e33"
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 2287 (20232024) — Inuit.

Existing law includes the term "Eskimo" and "Eskimos."

## Version chain

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

1. **02/08/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2287&version=20230AB228799INT)
2. **07/15/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2287&version=20230AB228797CHP)
3. **AB2287** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2287)
4. **06/25/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2287&version=20230AB228798ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2287 Chen et al. By Niello — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2287 Chen Consent Calendar Second Day — **72–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chen — primary (person)
- Alanis — coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Lackey — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-08** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-09** From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
- **2024-03-04** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-19** Coauthors revised.
- **2024-03-19** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 19). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-20** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4534.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-01** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4624.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-20** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2024-07-01** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 104, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5d0bb49-f713-4a15-8dff-6ab535526472`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).