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type: "Bill"
title: "Civil rights."
description: "Existing law, the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976, affords all persons within the jurisdiction of this state the right to be free from any violence, or intimidation by threat of violence, committed against their persons or property because of political affiliation, any specified personal characteristic, or position in a labor dispute, or because another person perceives them to have one or more of those characteristics. Existing law specifies that whoever denies this right, or aids, incites, or conspires in that denial, is liable for each and every offense for the actual damages suffered by any person denied that right and, in addition, exemplary damages, a civil penalty of $25,000, and attorney's fees. Existing law authorizes a person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful practice in violation of this right to also file a verified complaint with the Civil Rights Department. Existing law defines the phrase \"intimidation by threat of violence\" for purposes of this provision."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3024"
citation: "California AB 3024 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil rights"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ward"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-09-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/63bfd76e-174c-4289-84d5-bccc14737fb9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024"
source_hash: "cb083c5a3a88c65de952fa6231506d1d3d5c0bf420a671a6e5f585c6986ae30a"
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 3024 (20232024) — Civil rights.
Existing law, the Ralph Civil Rights Act of 1976, affords all persons within the jurisdiction of this state the right to be free from any violence, or intimidation by threat of violence, committed against their persons or property because of political affiliation, any specified personal characteristic, or position in a labor dispute, or because another person perceives them to have one or more of those characteristics. Existing law specifies that whoever denies this right, or aids, incites, or conspires in that denial, is liable for each and every offense for the actual damages suffered by any person denied that right and, in addition, exemplary damages, a civil penalty of $25,000, and attorney's fees. Existing law authorizes a person claiming to be aggrieved by an alleged unlawful practice in violation of this right to also file a verified complaint with the Civil Rights Department. Existing law defines the phrase "intimidation by threat of violence" for purposes of this provision.
## 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=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302499INT)
2. **03/18/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302498AMD)
3. **04/03/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302497AMD)
4. **04/22/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302496AMD)
5. **06/10/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302495AMD)
6. **06/20/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302494AMD)
7. **08/19/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302493AMD)
8. **08/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302492AMD)
9. **09/25/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302490CHP)
10. **AB3024** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024)
11. **09/05/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3024&version=20230AB302491ENR)
## Votes
- Do pass as amended. — **101** (pass) · lower
- AB 3024 Ward Third Reading Urgency — **613** (pass) · lower
- AB 3024 Ward Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **612** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **82** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB3024 Ward et al. By Allen Urgency Clause — **310** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Ward — primary (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Gabriel — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Newman — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Wiener — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-19** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 2). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-04-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4917.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 61. Noes 3. Page 5029.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-29** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2024-06-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 2.) (June 18). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2024-06-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-19** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-28** Joint Rule 61 suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 8.)
- **2024-08-28** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-08-31** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2024-08-31** Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 2.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 584, 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/63bfd76e-174c-4289-84d5-bccc14737fb9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).