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Bill Employment protections: victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking. (1) Existing law provides protections to victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. Existing law prohibits an employer from taking adverse employment action against a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault who takes time off from work to attend to issues arising as a result of the domestic violence or sexual assault, as long as the employee complies with certain conditions. Existing law entitles an employee who is discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment by his or her employer because the employee has taken time off for specified purposes, to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by the acts of the employer. Under existing law, an employer who willfully refuses to rehire, promote, or otherwise restore an employee or former employee who has been determined to be eligible for rehiring or promotion by a grievance procedure or hearing authorized by law is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes an employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, demoted, suspended, or otherwise discriminated or retaliated against by his or her employer in violation of these provisions to file a complaint with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement of the Department of Industrial Relations, as specified. us/states/ca California Legislature 20132014 SB 400 California SB 400 (20132014)
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Employment protections: victims of domestic violence
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California SB 400 (20132014) — Employment protections: victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.

(1) Existing law provides protections to victims of domestic violence or sexual assault. Existing law prohibits an employer from taking adverse employment action against a victim of domestic violence or sexual assault who takes time off from work to attend to issues arising as a result of the domestic violence or sexual assault, as long as the employee complies with certain conditions. Existing law entitles an employee who is discriminated or retaliated against in the terms and conditions of employment by his or her employer because the employee has taken time off for specified purposes, to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages and work benefits caused by the acts of the employer. Under existing law, an employer who willfully refuses to rehire, promote, or otherwise restore an employee or former employee who has been determined to be eligible for rehiring or promotion by a grievance procedure or hearing authorized by law is guilty of a misdemeanor. Existing law authorizes an employee who is discharged, threatened with discharge, demoted, suspended, or otherwise discriminated or retaliated against by his or her employer in violation of these provisions to file a complaint with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement of the Department of Industrial Relations, as specified.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/20/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/16/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/27/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/06/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 10/11/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  6. SB400 (committee substitute) — source
  7. 09/17/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass. — 52 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 41 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 41 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 61 (pass) · lower
  • SB 400 Jackson Senate Third Reading By GOMEZ — 6013 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading — 2112 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 124 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 51 (pass) · upper
  • Unfinished Business SB400 Jackson Concurrence — 351 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Jackson — primary (person)
  • De León — coauthor (person)
  • Leno — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2013-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. reading-1, introduction
  • 2013-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
  • 2013-02-28 Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2013-03-19 Set for hearing April 10.
  • 2013-04-15 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 486.) (April 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2013-04-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2013-04-18 Set for hearing April 23.
  • 2013-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 663.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
  • 2013-04-26 Set for hearing May 6.
  • 2013-05-06 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 816.) (May 6). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2013-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-05-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 905.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2013-05-13 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
  • 2013-05-24 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2013-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
  • 2013-06-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2013-06-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2013-08-06 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2013-08-14 Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
  • 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2013-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 3006.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
  • 2013-09-09 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
  • 2013-09-11 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 2364.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2013-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
  • 2013-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2013-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 759, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f4a10abe-f122-400c-8ef9-c575a70ab671. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).