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

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination."
description: "Discrimination."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "19992000"
identifier: "AB 537"
citation: "California AB 537 (19992000)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kuehl"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "1999-02-18"
last_action: "1999-10-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e162843-ea9d-48a5-b146-2c1c8ab04586"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537"
source_hash: "934abc2bcbfd06d002fa631fa30bcc211d0c1fc0f91f172a76afe051f204dbf0"
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 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](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53799INT)
2. **04/15/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53798AMD)
3. **06/02/99 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53797AMD)
4. **08/17/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53796AMD)
5. **08/31/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53795AMD)
6. **09/08/99 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53794AMD)
7. **10/10/99 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53792CHP)
8. **AB537** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537)
9. **09/10/99 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=199920000AB537&version=19990AB53793ENR)

## 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e162843-ea9d-48a5-b146-2c1c8ab04586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).