republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-1541.md

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Bill	Employment discrimination: religious entities.	Employment discrimination: religious entities.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 1541	California AB 1541 (19992000)	bill	Employment discrimination: religious entities.	enacted	Keeley	8	30	6	1999-02-26	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/b9934a27-ba0f-4513-869d-9ab9f1aad2d9	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB1541	96a370b82c851d39ecacc2d22420b9fc39c9e4cde29b4b104fac128f98d366ab	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1541 (19992000) — Employment discrimination: religious entities.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/13/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/01/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/16/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1541 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/07/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1541 KEELEY CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 1541 KEELEY THIRD READING — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB1541 Keeley By Hughes — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Keeley — primary (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 913, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-15 Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:15 p.m.
• 1999-09-07 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 3992.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-02 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 1999-09-02 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 2856.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-01 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-31 Read second time. To third reading. Read third time, amended. To second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-08-30 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 1999-08-23 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-18 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-07-14 Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-07-08 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 1999-06-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 1999-06-07 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 1999-06-04 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 45. Noes 33. Page 2506.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-06-01 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-05-27 Passed on file.
• 1999-05-26 From inactive file. To third reading.
• 1999-05-25 Passed on file. To inactive file - Rule 78. Notice of intention to remove from inactive file given by Assembly Member Keeley.
• 1999-05-24 Passed on file.
• 1999-05-13 Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 1999-05-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-04-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 1999-04-08 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (April 7). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-03-23 Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. referral-committee
• 1999-03-01 Read first time. reading-1
• 1999-02-28 From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
• 1999-02-26 Introduced. To print. introduction

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9934a27-ba0f-4513-869d-9ab9f1aad2d9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).