republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-987.md

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Bill	Employment discrimination: unlawful employment practices.	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 987	California AB 987 (20152016)	bill	Employment discrimination: unlawful employment practices.	enacted	Levine	5	19	6	2015-02-26	2015-07-16	openstates	ocd-bill/8d146474-1dda-4571-bee8-479609069a3c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB987	7e4b3307e9f81965d9c35776166e755b9ee9368d23ca56b0ca5ea94862e2b9a0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 987 (20152016) — Employment discrimination: unlawful employment practices.

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.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/27/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/16/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB987 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/07/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB987 Levine By Moorlach — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 987 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 987 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Levine — primary (person)
• Dodd — 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.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1144.) 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
• 2015-05-27 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
• 2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-22 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1663.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 1 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-07-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2228.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-07-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2015-07-16 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-16 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 122, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8d146474-1dda-4571-bee8-479609069a3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).