Existing law authorizes state agencies to enter into contracts for the acquisition of goods or services upon approval by the Department of General Services. Existing law sets forth various requirements and prohibitions for those contracts, including, but not limited to, a prohibition on entering into contracts for the acquisition of goods or services of $100,000 or more with a contractor that discriminates between spouses and domestic partners or same-sex and different-sex couples in the provision of benefits. Existing law provides that a contract entered into in violation of those requirements and prohibitions is void and authorizes the state or any person acting on behalf of the state to bring a civil action seeking a determination that a contract is in violation and therefore void. Under existing law, a willful violation of those requirements and prohibitions is a misdemeanor.
California SB 703 (20152016) — Public contracts: prohibitions: discrimination.
Existing law authorizes state agencies to enter into contracts for the acquisition of goods or services upon approval by the Department of General Services. Existing law sets forth various requirements and prohibitions for those contracts, including, but not limited to, a prohibition on entering into contracts for the acquisition of goods or services of $100,000 or more with a contractor that discriminates between spouses and domestic partners or same-sex and different-sex couples in the provision of benefits. Existing law provides that a contract entered into in violation of those requirements and prohibitions is void and authorizes the state or any person acting on behalf of the state to bring a civil action seeking a determination that a contract is in violation and therefore void. Under existing law, a willful violation of those requirements and prohibitions is a misdemeanor.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–3 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB703 Leno Concurrence — 26–12 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
SB 703 Leno Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 53–24 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 25–13 (pass) · upper
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–3 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Leno — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-27 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2015-03-02 From printer. May be acted upon on or after April 1.
2015-03-02 Read first time. reading-1
2015-03-19 Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. referral-committee
2015-03-24 Set for hearing April 14.
2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 3. Page 592.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-16 Set for hearing April 21.
2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 728.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-24 Set for hearing May 4.
2015-05-04 May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1159.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-06-01 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 1300.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2015-06-18 Referred to Com. on A. & A.R. referral-committee
2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-07-15 July 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2015-08-31 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-09-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 2789.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-09-02 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2015-09-04 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 2496.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2015-09-10 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
2015-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2015-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 578, Statutes of 2015.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b2c93db3-2761-436a-9362-28b936e41035. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).