republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/ab-822.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Commission on the State of Hate."
description: "Existing law establishes the Commission on the State of Hate in the state government, and specifies the goals of the commission, including providing resources and assistance to various state agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the public on the state of hate to keep these entities and the public informed of emerging trends in hate-related crime. Existing law requires the commission to, among other things, issue an Annual State of Hate Commission Report to the Governor and the Legislature, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "AB 822"
citation: "California AB 822 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CommissionontheStateofHate"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Elhawary"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ae5cba8-1205-42e8-991b-5ebfa179ac6b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB822"
source_hash: "1d371894393d0bef88ba141654c25dbf5d40e9b691452e99339274746725c314"
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 AB 822 (20252026) — Commission on the State of Hate.

Existing law establishes the Commission on the State of Hate in the state government, and specifies the goals of the commission, including providing resources and assistance to various state agencies, law enforcement agencies, and the public on the state of hate to keep these entities and the public informed of emerging trends in hate-related crime. Existing law requires the commission to, among other things, issue an Annual State of Hate Commission Report to the Governor and the Legislature, as specified. Existing law repeals these provisions on January 1, 2027.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB822&version=20250AB82299INT)
2. **03/24/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB822&version=20250AB82298AMD)
3. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB822&version=20250AB82296CHP)
4. **AB822** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB822)
5. **09/10/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB822&version=20250AB82297ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **15–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 822 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading — **65–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–1** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB822 Elhawary By Cabaldon — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Elhawary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2025-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-03-25** Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-23** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 3. Page 1855.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-02** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2615.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2025-09-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 714, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ae5cba8-1205-42e8-991b-5ebfa179ac6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).