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type: "Bill"
title: "Gender."
description: "(1) Existing law contains various provisions that define sex as including gender and define gender as including a person's gender identity and gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 887"
citation: "California AB 887 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Gender."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Atkins"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/24cf269d-2321-47f4-866a-a3cf47f9fa8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887"
source_hash: "80ed05540a7aa63248cecd499ebec12b7a8a120c0370d4dc75a71d064d033a86"
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 887 (20112012) — Gender.
(1) Existing law contains various provisions that define sex as including gender and define gender as including a person's gender identity and gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887&version=20110AB88799INT)
2. **03/29/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887&version=20110AB88798AMD)
3. **04/27/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887&version=20110AB88797AMD)
4. **08/17/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887&version=20110AB88796AMD)
5. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887&version=20110AB88794CHP)
6. **AB887** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887)
7. **09/08/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB887&version=20110AB88795ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Rules. — **32** (pass) · upper
- AB 887 ATKINS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **5125** (pass) · lower
- AB 887 ATKINS Assembly Third Reading — **5424** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **73** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB887 Atkins By Padilla — **2513** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **125** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Atkins — primary (person)
- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
- De León — coauthor (person)
- Dickinson — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- John A. Pérez — coauthor (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Leno — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)
- Yee — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 4). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-16** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 24. Page 1388.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-16** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-26** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2011-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-21** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 2130.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2011-09-02** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 2843.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 719, Statutes of 2011.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/24cf269d-2321-47f4-866a-a3cf47f9fa8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).