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Bill	Employment and housing discrimination: sex: breastfeeding.	Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, it is unlawful to engage in specified discriminatory practices in employment or housing accommodations on the basis of sex. Under existing law, "sex," for purposes of the act, includes gender, pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 2386	California AB 2386 (20112012)	bill	Employment and housing discrimination: sex: breastfeeding.	enacted	Allen	6	25	7	2012-02-24	2012-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/72e17b88-d02c-43fa-8c64-141881976e34	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2386	9bfe029dd11e42ec9a004d1553eca5ea85023724e787df61d783a5a5380355c5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2386 (20112012) — Employment and housing discrimination: sex: breastfeeding.

Under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, it is unlawful to engage in specified discriminatory practices in employment or housing accommodations on the basis of sex. Under existing law, "sex," for purposes of the act, includes gender, pregnancy, childbirth, and medical conditions related to pregnancy or childbirth.

Version chain

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

1. 02/24/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/25/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/24/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/28/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2386 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2386 ALLEN Assembly Third Reading — 64–10 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 9–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 14–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2386 Allen By Evans — 34–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2386 ALLEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 76–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Allen — primary (person)
• Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
• Evans — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-24 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2012-02-26 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2012-02-27 Read first time. reading-1
• 2012-03-15 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-24 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (April 17). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-25 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2012-05-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (May 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 10. Page 5065.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-06-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-02 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2012-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 4931.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-30 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6605.)
• 2012-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 1. Page 6659.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2012-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 701, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/72e17b88-d02c-43fa-8c64-141881976e34. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).