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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Discrimination."
description: "The Unruh Civil Rights Act generally prohibits business establishments from discriminating on specified bases. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (act) prohibits discrimination in housing and employment on specified bases. Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Department (department) and prescribes its functions, duties, and powers, including to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging employment discrimination pursuant to specified laws, including the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the act. Existing law specifies that while it is the intention of the Legislature that the act occupy the field of regulation of discrimination in employment and housing, the act does not limit or restrict the application of the Unruh Civil Rights Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 1340"
citation: "California SB 1340 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Discrimination"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smallwood-Cuevas"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 37
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f51ed05b-e1c6-4563-b40c-e6349c0c484f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340"
source_hash: "a7ce68caa4b93aa9de29b45d082ff7d0469f83af28572ce6a7512c9f2aa28868"
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 1340 (20232024) — Discrimination.
The Unruh Civil Rights Act generally prohibits business establishments from discriminating on specified bases. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act (act) prohibits discrimination in housing and employment on specified bases. Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Department (department) and prescribes its functions, duties, and powers, including to receive, investigate, conciliate, mediate, and prosecute complaints alleging employment discrimination pursuant to specified laws, including the Unruh Civil Rights Act and the act. Existing law specifies that while it is the intention of the Legislature that the act occupy the field of regulation of discrimination in employment and housing, the act does not limit or restrict the application of the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134099INT)
2. **03/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134098AMD)
3. **04/10/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134097AMD)
4. **04/25/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134096AMD)
5. **05/01/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134095AMD)
6. **07/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134094AMD)
7. **08/19/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134093AMD)
8. **08/23/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134092AMD)
9. **09/26/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134090CHP)
10. **SB1340** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340)
11. **09/04/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB1340&version=20230SB134091ENR)
## Votes
- Unfinished Business SB1340 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB1340 Smallwood-Cuevas — **30–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 1340 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **62–11** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Smallwood-Cuevas — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2024-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2024-02-29** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-20** 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`
- **2024-03-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2024-03-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-05** Set for hearing April 16.
- **2024-04-10** 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`
- **2024-04-16** Set for hearing April 24 in L., P.E. & R. pending receipt.
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 3636.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3758.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-05-03** Set for hearing May 13.
- **2024-05-13** May 13 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2024-05-14** Set for hearing May 16.
- **2024-05-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3980.) (May 16). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-05-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 4071.) 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 Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (July 2). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-08-07** August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2024-08-15** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 15). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-08-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2024-08-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 62. Noes 11. Page 6886.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-30** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2024-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 5733.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-26** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-26** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 626, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f51ed05b-e1c6-4563-b40c-e6349c0c484f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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