republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-959.md

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Bill	Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Disparities Reduction Act.	(1) Existing law requires a state agency, board, or commission that directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians to use separate collection categories and tabulations for each major Asian and Pacific Islander groups, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 959	California AB 959 (20152016)	bill	Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Disparities Reduction Act.	enacted	Chiu	8	24	8	2015-02-26	2015-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/8a8cd9ca-ecc3-417d-a508-754eae377577	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB959	5f2a8588fa89959e2eb6f9f813adfdfa1fa1932e518c7e9894a6a26a492917de	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 959 (20152016) — Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Disparities Reduction Act.

(1) Existing law requires a state agency, board, or commission that directly or by contract collects demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians to use separate collection categories and tabulations for each major Asian and Pacific Islander groups, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/07/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/04/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB959 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/16/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 959 CHIU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 68–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB959 Chiu By Hall — 32–5 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 13–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 959 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chiu — primary (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Eggman — coauthor (person)
• Gordon — coauthor (person)
• Hall — coauthor (person)
• Low — coauthor (person)
• Pan — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-26 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 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
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
• 2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (April 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-27 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1690.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2015-07-07 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (July 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2015-08-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 5. Page 2714.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-10 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2015-09-11 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 68. Noes 0. Page 3147.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 565, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8a8cd9ca-ecc3-417d-a508-754eae377577. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).