republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/19992000/ab-537.md

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Bill	Discrimination.	Discrimination.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	19992000	AB 537	California AB 537 (19992000)	bill	Discrimination.	enacted	Kuehl	9	26	8	1999-02-18	1999-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/0e162843-ea9d-48a5-b146-2c1c8ab04586	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537	934abc2bcbfd06d002fa631fa30bcc211d0c1fc0f91f172a76afe051f204dbf0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 537 (19992000) — Discrimination.

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/99 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/02/99 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/17/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/31/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/08/99 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/10/99 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB537 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/10/99 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 537 KUEHL CONCURRENCE — pass (pass) · lower
• AB 537 ARONER THIRD READING — fail (fail) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Assembly 3rd Reading AB537 Kuehl By Alpert — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations suspense file. — pass (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kuehl — primary (person)
• Alquist — coauthor (person)
• Aroner — author (person)
• Bock — coauthor (person)
• Bowen — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Davis — coauthor (person)
• Dutra — coauthor (person)
• Figueroa — coauthor (person)
• Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
• Gallegos — coauthor (person)
• Hayden — coauthor (person)
• Hertzberg — author (person)
• Honda — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Johnston — coauthor (person)
• Keeley — coauthor (person)
• Knox — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Mazzoni — coauthor (person)
• Migden — author (person)
• Murray — coauthor (person)
• Romero — coauthor (person)
• Shelley — coauthor (person)
• Solis — coauthor (person)
• Speier — coauthor (person)
• Steinberg — coauthor (person)
• Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
• Thomson — coauthor (person)
• Torlakson — coauthor (person)
• Vasconcellos — coauthor (person)
• Villaraigosa — author (person)
• Vincent — coauthor (person)
• Wayne — coauthor (person)
• Wesson — coauthor (person)
• Wiggins — coauthor (person)
• Wildman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 1999-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 587, Statutes of 1999.
• 1999-10-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 1999-09-24 Enrolled and to the Governor at 5:05 p.m.
• 1999-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 41. Noes 35. Page 4401.) committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 1999-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 1999-09-09 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 14. Page 3160.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-09-08 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and be amended. Read second time, amended, and to third reading. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-09-02 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-09-01 Withdrawn from committee. Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended. In committee: Set, first hearing. Held under submission. referral-committee
• 1999-08-31 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. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-23 In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file. Joint Rule 61 (a) suspended.
• 1999-08-17 Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-08-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 9. Noes 4.). committee-passage, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 1999-06-09 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. 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 49. Noes 31. Page 2491.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 1999-06-03 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-06-02 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 14. Noes 7.) (May 26). Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 1999-05-12 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. referral-committee
• 1999-04-26 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (April 21). (Received April 23 pursuant to Joint Rule 61 (a)(2)). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 1999-04-20 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 1999-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Education Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 1999-04-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 1999-03-04 Referred to Standing Committee on Education. referral-committee
• 1999-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
• 1999-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0e162843-ea9d-48a5-b146-2c1c8ab04586. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).