Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) , 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, except as specified. The FEHA also prohibits the owner of any housing accommodation from discriminating against any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, disability, or genetic information of that person. In furtherance of these purposes, the FEHA establishes the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Fair Employment and Housing Council and prescribes the duties of that department and council. The FEHA also establishes procedures for the prevention and elimination of unlawful employment practices and of discrimination in housing.
California AB 1556 (20172018) — Employment discrimination: unlawful employment practices.
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) , 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, except as specified. The FEHA also prohibits the owner of any housing accommodation from discriminating against any person because of the race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, national origin, ancestry, familial status, source of income, disability, or genetic information of that person. In furtherance of these purposes, the FEHA establishes the Department of Fair Employment and Housing and the Fair Employment and Housing Council and prescribes the duties of that department and council. The FEHA also establishes procedures for the prevention and elimination of unlawful employment practices and of discrimination in housing.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1556 Mark Stone By Atkins — 37–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
AB 1556 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–7 (pass) · lower
AB 1556 STONE Assembly Third Reading — 62–5 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Mark Stone — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2017-04-26 Measure version as amended on March 28 corrected. amendment-passage
2017-05-01 Withdrawn from committee.
2017-05-01 Ordered to second reading.
2017-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2017-05-04 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 5. Page 1384.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-05-04 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2017-05-18 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
2017-05-31 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
2017-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
2017-06-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2017-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 1. Page 2324.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2017-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2017-09-05 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 7. Page 2942.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2017-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 799, Statutes of 2017.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4c09fb9-ed13-4623-b44c-805247402cce. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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