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Bill	Prohibited discrimination against service members.	(1) Existing law prohibits various types of discrimination against an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the military or naval forces of the state or of the United States because of his or her membership or service, including, among others, discrimination with respect to his or her employment. Existing law provides criminal penalties and civil remedies for violations of these prohibitions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1710	California AB 1710 (20172018)	bill	Prohibited discrimination against service members.	enacted	Committee on Veterans Affairs	5	31	9	2017-03-06	2017-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/3f766e99-854b-4f5b-87e4-9e046bd92f29	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1710	bba841a5a6df9a5bb954ff8e243b89a3869842fba19b1958eda757b9a26ccc8f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1710 (20172018) — Prohibited discrimination against service members.

(1) Existing law prohibits various types of discrimination against an officer, warrant officer, or enlisted member of the military or naval forces of the state or of the United States because of his or her membership or service, including, among others, discrimination with respect to his or her employment. Existing law provides criminal penalties and civil remedies for violations of these prohibitions.

Version chain

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

1. 03/06/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/07/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/08/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1710 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar 2nd AB1710 V.A. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1710 V.A. (Irwin) By Newman — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1710 V. A. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1710 V. A. Consent Calendar Second Day — 69–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — 11–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Veterans Affairs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-03-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-03-07 From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
• 2017-03-20 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-04-06 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and V.A. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2017-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1620.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-06-01 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-08-21 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. committee-passage
• 2017-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2230.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-24 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2017-08-28 Withdrawn from Engrossing and Enrolling.
• 2017-08-28 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2017-08-28 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2017-09-07 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. reading-3, passage
• 2017-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2017-09-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2017-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2741.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
• 2017-09-14 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3362.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
• 2017-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 591, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3f766e99-854b-4f5b-87e4-9e046bd92f29. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).