republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/sb-1137.md

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Bill	Discrimination claims: combination of characteristics.	(1) Existing law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of this state are entitled to full and equal accommodations in all business establishments regardless of their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status. Existing law defines "sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status" for these purposes as including a perception that the person has any particular characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any particular characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 1137	California SB 1137 (20232024)	bill	Discrimination claims combination of characteristics	enacted	Smallwood-Cuevas	7	27	6	2024-02-14	2024-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/5ebbbfe3-f3fc-42ab-905f-b731c7dc6365	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1137	283ec4f8e3abefcb854c94462c9198c7cea1abd549fa9c66f6de370e846d8b78	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 1137 (20232024) — Discrimination claims: combination of characteristics.

(1) Existing law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of this state are entitled to full and equal accommodations in all business establishments regardless of their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status. Existing law defines "sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status" for these purposes as including a perception that the person has any particular characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any particular characteristic or characteristics within the listed categories.

Version chain

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

1. 02/14/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/12/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/15/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/27/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB1137 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading SB1137 Smallwood-Cuevas et — 31–6 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB1137 Smallwood-Cuevas et Concurrence — 31–8 (pass) · upper
• SB 1137 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By McKinnor — 62–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Smallwood-Cuevas — primary (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Wahab — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-14 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-02-15 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 16.
• 2024-02-21 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 Set for hearing April 2.
• 2024-03-21 April 2 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-03-26 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2024-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3531.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-03 Set for hearing May 13.
• 2024-05-13 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-05-14 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-21 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 6. Page 4082.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-06-03 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 June 26 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-07-02 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (July 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-15 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-15 Ordered to third reading.
• 2024-08-19 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 6. Page 6375.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 5595.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 779, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/5ebbbfe3-f3fc-42ab-905f-b731c7dc6365. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).