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type: "Bill"
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title: "Public contracts: discrimination."
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description: "Existing law governs the procurement process for contracts of specified public entities. Existing law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, states that all persons within this state are free and equal and, no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status, are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments. Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination, abridgment, or harassment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 2844"
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citation: "California AB 2844 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Public contracts: discrimination."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bloom"]
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version_count: 12
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action_count: 38
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vote_count: 13
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first_action: "2016-02-19"
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last_action: "2016-09-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c88e718-618e-4d91-8a1f-0925c5473218"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844"
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source_hash: "0b4fac46110678df9f233acd64f53b68b4c9284e432b7ae439347fbde8e3695c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2844 (20152016) — Public contracts: discrimination.
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Existing law governs the procurement process for contracts of specified public entities. Existing law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, states that all persons within this state are free and equal and, no matter what their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status, are entitled to full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities, privileges, or services in all business establishments. Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination, abridgment, or harassment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, sexual orientation, or military and veteran status.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284499INT)
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2. **03/17/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284498AMD)
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3. **03/28/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284497AMD)
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4. **04/11/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284496AMD)
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5. **04/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284495AMD)
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6. **05/31/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284494AMD)
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7. **06/20/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284493AMD)
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8. **08/15/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284492AMD)
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9. **08/19/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284491AMD)
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10. **09/24/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284489CHP)
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11. **AB2844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844)
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12. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2844&version=20150AB284490ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 2844 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading Motion to Suspend the Rules By ALLEN — **26–50** (fail) · lower
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- AB 2844 BLOOM Assembly Third Reading — **64–0** (pass) · lower
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- Be re-referred to the Committee on [Accountability and Administrative Review] — **8–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2844 BLOOM Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **69–1** (pass) · lower
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- [08-11-2016] set for [First] hearing: Reconsideration of favorable vote granted — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB2844 Bloom By Block — **34–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bloom — primary (person)
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- Achadjian — coauthor (person)
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- Allen — principal coauthor (person)
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- Anderson — coauthor (person)
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- Block — principal coauthor (person)
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- Brough — coauthor (person)
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- Campos — coauthor (person)
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- Dababneh — coauthor (person)
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- Gatto — principal coauthor (person)
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- Glazer — principal coauthor (person)
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- Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
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- Holden — coauthor (person)
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- Jackson — principal coauthor (person)
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- Levine — principal coauthor (person)
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- Medina — principal coauthor (person)
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- Nazarian — principal coauthor (person)
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- Olsen — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Travis Allen — principal coauthor (person)
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- Waldron — coauthor (person)
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- Wolk — principal coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
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- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2016-03-17** Referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on E.S. & T.M. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on E.S. & T.M. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-31** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-04** From committee: Be re-referred to Coms. on A. & A.R. and JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on A. & A.R. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-12** Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 19). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-27** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-05-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 27). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-05-31** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 0. Page 5212.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2016-06-09** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-11** In committee: Reconsideration of a favorable vote granted.
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- **2016-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 1. Page 5367.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 28 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 69. Noes 1. Page 6445.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
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- **2016-09-24** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-24** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 581, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c88e718-618e-4d91-8a1f-0925c5473218`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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