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Bill 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. us/states/ca California Legislature 20152016 SB 703 California SB 703 (20152016)
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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.

  1. 02/27/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 06/01/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 08/31/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 10/07/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  5. SB703 (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/08/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 63 (pass) · lower
  • Unfinished Business SB703 Leno Concurrence — 2612 (pass) · upper
  • Placed on suspense file — 70 (pass) · upper
  • SB 703 Leno Senate Third Reading By GORDON — 5324 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 51 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended. — 125 (pass) · lower
  • 3rd Reading — 2513 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 73 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass as amended — 52 (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).