republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20032004/ab-196.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

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Bill	Discrimination.	Discrimination.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20032004	AB 196	California AB 196 (20032004)	bill	Discrimination.	enacted	Leno	5	19	5	2003-01-27	2003-08-02	openstates	ocd-bill/52b057e5-f92c-4534-ae82-10182b973473	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB196	4bd985b17d5e96da9736cd0aa3541b4c138c58a8848896c8f13d7c98f7010533	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 196 (20032004) — Discrimination.

Version chain

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

1. 01/27/03 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/03 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/02/03 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB196 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/24/03 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• ab 196 leno assembly third reading — pass (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — pass (pass) · lower
• assembly 3rd reading ab196 leno by kuehl — pass (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — pass (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Leno — primary (person)
• Berg — coauthor (person)
• Diaz — coauthor (person)
• Goldberg — coauthor (person)
• Hancock — coauthor (person)
• Kehoe — coauthor (person)
• Koretz — coauthor (person)
• Kuehl — coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Levine — coauthor (person)
• Lieber — coauthor (person)
• Longville — coauthor (person)
• Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Yee — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2003-08-02 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 164, Statutes of 2003.
• 2003-08-02 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2003-07-29 Enrolled and to the Governor at 1 p.m.
• 2003-07-28 In Assembly. To enrollment.
• 2003-07-24 Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 1956.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-07-15 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-07-14 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2003-06-18 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-05-08 Referred to Standing Committee on Judiciary. referral-committee
• 2003-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. reading-1
• 2003-04-21 Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 42. Noes 34. Page 1094.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2003-04-07 Read second time. To third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-04-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 8.) (April 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2003-03-27 Re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. referral-committee
• 2003-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Read second time and amended. referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1
• 2003-03-20 From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (March 19). committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2003-02-03 Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. referral-committee
• 2003-01-28 From printer. May be heard in committee February 27.
• 2003-01-27 Read first time. To print. reading-1

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/52b057e5-f92c-4534-ae82-10182b973473. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).