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type: "Bill"
title: "Employers: annual report: pay data."
description: "Existing law establishes the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to enforce civil rights laws with respect to housing and employment and to protect and safeguard the right of all persons to obtain and hold employment without discrimination based on specified characteristics or status. The DFEH has specified powers, including the power to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute certain complaints."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "SB 973"
citation: "California SB 973 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employers: annual report: pay data."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2020-02-11"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23a83c34-fded-437c-9e1f-574559ac7644"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB973"
source_hash: "cd5719785751cb7ee297cca5d6c027ded32977ae7f72be167a02cb50412a3e2f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---
# California SB 973 (20192020) — Employers: annual report: pay data.
Existing law establishes the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency to enforce civil rights laws with respect to housing and employment and to protect and safeguard the right of all persons to obtain and hold employment without discrimination based on specified characteristics or status. The DFEH has specified powers, including the power to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute certain complaints.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/11/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB973&version=20190SB97399INT)
2. **06/18/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB973&version=20190SB97398AMD)
3. **08/24/20 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB973&version=20190SB97397AMD)
4. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB973&version=20190SB97395CHP)
5. **SB973** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB973)
6. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB973&version=20190SB97396ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **41** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **52** (pass) · upper
- SB 973 Jackson Senate Third Reading By Cristina Garcia — **5011** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB973 Jackson et al. — **299** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **135** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **52** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB973 Jackson et al. Concurrence — **298** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Jackson — primary (person)
- Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-02-11** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-02-12** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 13.
- **2020-02-20** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Set for hearing March 25.
- **2020-03-18** March 25 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2020-05-08** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2020-05-12** Referral to Com. on JUD. rescinded due to the shortened 2020 Legislative Calendar.
- **2020-05-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-05-26** Set for hearing June 1.
- **2020-06-02** Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure.
- **2020-06-03** Set for hearing June 9.
- **2020-06-09** June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2020-06-11** Set for hearing June 18.
- **2020-06-18** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3768.) (June 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-18** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-06-25** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 3864.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-06-25** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-29** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2020-07-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-11** August 11 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 5.) (August 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-26** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 11. Page 5225.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2020-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 363, Statutes of 2020.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23a83c34-fded-437c-9e1f-574559ac7644`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).