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Bill Civil actions: immigration status. Existing law declares that all protections, rights, and remedies available under state law are available to all individuals in the state who have applied for employment or are employed, regardless of immigration status, as specified. Existing law also declares, for the purposes of enforcing state labor, employment, civil rights, and employee housing laws, that a person's immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability and that discovery into a person's immigration status is prohibited unless the person seeking to make the inquiry has shown by clear and convincing evidence that the inquiry is necessary to comply with federal immigration law. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 AB 560 California AB 560 (20152016)
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California AB 560 (20152016) — Civil actions: immigration status.

Existing law declares that all protections, rights, and remedies available under state law are available to all individuals in the state who have applied for employment or are employed, regardless of immigration status, as specified. Existing law also declares, for the purposes of enforcing state labor, employment, civil rights, and employee housing laws, that a person's immigration status is irrelevant to the issue of liability and that discovery into a person's immigration status is prohibited unless the person seeking to make the inquiry has shown by clear and convincing evidence that the inquiry is necessary to comply with federal immigration law.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/23/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 04/20/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  3. 06/23/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  4. 08/10/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. AB560 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 07/21/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass as amended — 52 (pass) · upper
  • AB 560 GOMEZ Assembly Third Reading — 5422 (pass) · lower
  • AB 560 GOMEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 5621 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading AB560 Gomez By Hueso — 304 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 82 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gomez — primary (person)
  • Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
  • Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
  • Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
  • Lopez — coauthor (person)
  • Medina — coauthor (person)
  • Rendon — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2015-02-23 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2015-02-24 From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
  • 2015-03-05 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2015-04-16 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (April 14). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2015-04-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-04-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 22. Page 1140.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-04-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2015-05-07 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
  • 2015-06-22 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 16). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
  • 2015-06-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2015-07-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 4. Page 1898.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2015-07-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2015-07-16 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 2414.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2015-08-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2015-08-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2015-08-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 151, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/23045da2-9557-448b-9b6c-c1065de8afd7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).