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Bill	Civil rights: political structure equal protection.	The California Constitution prohibits a person from being deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or from being denied equal protection of the laws. The United States Constitution prohibits a state from denying to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Existing case law interprets that provision as guaranteeing racial minorities the right to full participation in the political life of the community, and prohibiting racial or ethnic groups from being denied, or precluded from entering into the political process in a reliable and meaningful manner.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 2646	California AB 2646 (20132014)	bill	Civil rights: political structure equal protection.	enacted	Ting	8	25	6	2014-02-21	2014-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/f3798596-2d67-4094-9b03-16578994fff5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2646	7080e8326b17d02fd05200e29396beac3ed1ef36d85428e88cc7f8d066ebb152	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2646 (20132014) — Civil rights: political structure equal protection.

The California Constitution prohibits a person from being deprived of life, liberty, or property without due process of law, or from being denied equal protection of the laws. The United States Constitution prohibits a state from denying to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws. Existing case law interprets that provision as guaranteeing racial minorities the right to full participation in the political life of the community, and prohibiting racial or ethnic groups from being denied, or precluded from entering into the political process in a reliable and meaningful manner.

Version chain

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

1. 02/21/14 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/28/14 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/12/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/01/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/13/14 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/30/14 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB2646 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/14 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2646 TING Assembly Third Reading — 70–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB2646 Ting By Lara — 23–10 (pass) · upper
• amendments be concurred in. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2646 TING Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 59–13 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)
• Weber — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2014-02-21 Introduced. To print. introduction
• 2014-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.
• 2014-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
• 2014-03-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-04-01 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2014-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-05-15 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 2. Page 4948.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-05-15 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2014-05-22 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2014-06-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2014-06-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2014-07-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-13 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2014-08-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2014-08-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 10. Page 4611.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2014-08-19 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2014-08-20 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2014-08-26 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6459.)
• 2014-08-28 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage
• 2014-08-28 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 59. Noes 13. Page 6671.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2014-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2014-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2014-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 912, Statutes of 2014.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f3798596-2d67-4094-9b03-16578994fff5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).