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Bill	Personal rights: civil liability and enforcement.	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 various personal characteristics. Under existing law, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing is responsible for receiving, investigating, conciliating, mediating, and prosecuting complaints alleging violations of specified civil rights, including sexual harassment claims.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 1820	California AB 1820 (20192020)	bill	Personal rights: civil liability and enforcement.	enacted	Committee on Judiciary	7	30	7	2019-03-06	2019-10-12	openstates	ocd-bill/77e388fe-a867-4733-b13f-8af6e94ba242	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB1820	e4fdc7bf9f5bb4840ca603b9314d4258691d9b3548f2dd91bcb279f4ef196478	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1820 (20192020) — Personal rights: civil liability and enforcement.

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 various personal characteristics. Under existing law, the Department of Fair Employment and Housing is responsible for receiving, investigating, conciliating, mediating, and prosecuting complaints alleging violations of specified civil rights, including sexual harassment claims.

Version chain

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

1. 03/06/19 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/24/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/25/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/19 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/12/19 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1820 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/19 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB1820 JUD. (Stone) By Jackson — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• Consent Calendar AB1820 JUD. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1820 JUD. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By STONE — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1820 JUD. Consent Calendar Second Day — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Judiciary — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-03-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2019-03-07 From printer. May be heard in committee April 6.
• 2019-03-28 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-04-30 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (April 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2019-05-01 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-05-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 1523.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-05-06 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2019-05-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2019-05-17 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2019-05-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction
• 2019-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2019-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8, be amended, and ordered to Consent Calendar. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-2
• 2019-06-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-07-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1880.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-07-01 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-07-08 Ordered to the Senate.
• 2019-07-08 In Senate. Held at Desk.
• 2019-08-15 Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. passage, reading-3
• 2019-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2019-08-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2019-08-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2269.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2019-08-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2019-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2019-09-10 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3303.)
• 2019-09-11 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (September 11). committee-passage
• 2019-09-12 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3471.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2019-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 834, Statutes of 2019.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/77e388fe-a867-4733-b13f-8af6e94ba242. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).