California 2011-2012 Regular Session Status: Enacted 3 D cosponsors

AB 1964 — Discrimination in employment: reasonable accommodations.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 287, Statutes of 2012.

Track this bill free

No card. One bill, free forever — alerts when it moves.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2012. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 13 sponsors

    1 primary, 12 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

Prognosis reads this bill's own signals — stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes and cross-state momentum. Odds come from a model trained on which bills have become law.

Summary

Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination or abridgment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, or sexual orientation. Specifically, an employer or other covered entity is required to reasonably accommodate the religious belief or observance of an individual unless the accommodation would be an undue hardship on the conduct of the business of the employer or other entity. This bill would include a religious dress practice or a religious grooming practice as a belief or observance covered by the protections against religious discrimination, and would specify that an accommodation of an individual's religious dress practice or religious grooming practice that would require that person to be segregated from the public or other employees is not a reasonable accommodation. This bill would further provide that no accommodation is required if an accommodation would result in the violation of specified laws protecting civil rights. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 12926 of the Government Code, proposed by AB 2386, to be operative only if AB 2386 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 287, Statutes of 2012.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:55 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 6. Page 6510.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 4871.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  14. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

  15. Referred to Com. on JUD.

  16. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  17. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 63. Noes 6. Page 5033.)

  18. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  19. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 1.) (May 16).

  20. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  21. Read second time and amended.

  22. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 24).

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

  26. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

  27. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.

  28. Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.

  29. From printer. May be heard in committee March 25.

  30. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Cedillo · Cosponsor
  • Travis Allen · Cosponsor
  • Corbett · Cosponsor
  • DeSaulnier · Cosponsor
  • Dickinson · Cosponsor
  • Lieu · Cosponsor
  • Steinberg · Cosponsor
  • Yamada · Primary
  • Josh Lowenthal · Cosponsor
  • Yee · Cosponsor
  • Mike Fong · Cosponsor
  • Blanca E. Rubio · Cosponsor
  • La Malfa · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 12 co-sponsors · 109 not signed on · 2 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Yamada

Co-sponsors (12)

Not signed on (109)

109 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 109 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

AB 1964 YAMADA Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 67 Yea · 6 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 66506
Republican 1100
Democratic 0001
Total 67607
% of votes cast 84%8%0%9%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Hagman — Nay
Butler — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Hill — Yea
Huber — Yea
Carter — Yea
Logue — Yea
Cedillo — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Fong — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Allen — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Cook — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Campos — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Fletcher — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Halderman — Yea
Hall — Yea
Harkey — Nay
Conway — Not Voting
Beall — Yea
Block — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Hueso — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Not Voting
Pan — Yea
Silva — Not Voting
Smyth — Yea
Solorio — Yea
Torres — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Ma — Yea
Mansoor — Not Voting
Miller — Yea
Nestande — Not Voting
Perea — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Eng — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Garrick — Nay
Gatto — Yea
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Not Voting
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

3rd Reading AB1964 Yamada By Corbett

Passed 32 Yea · 4 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 30304
Democratic 2000
Republican 0100
Total 32404
% of votes cast 80%10%0%10%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Yee — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Lowenthal — Yea
De León — Yea
Negrete McLeod — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Cannella — Yea
Runner — Not Voting
Harman — Nay
Corbett — Yea
Alquist — Yea
Anderson — Nay
Dutton — Yea
Leno — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vargas — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Blakeslee — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Yea
Kehoe — Yea
Lieu — Yea
Liu — Yea
Price — Yea
Simitian — Yea
Steinberg — Yea
Walters — Nay
Wright — Yea
Wyland — Not Voting
Emmerson — Yea
Correa — Yea
Evans — Yea
DeSaulnier — Yea
Beth Gaines — Yea
Bill Berryhill — Not Voting
La Malfa — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Padilla, Stephen C. Democratic Yea
Strickland, Tony Republican Nay

Official roll call →

AB 1964 YAMADA Assembly Third Reading

Passed 63 Yea · 6 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 615011
Republican 1100
Democratic 1000
Total 636011
% of votes cast 79%8%0%14%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Gordon — Yea
Gorell — Yea
Butler — Yea
Feuer — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Fong — Yea
Campos — Yea
Allen — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Carter — Yea
Chesbro — Yea
Portantino — Yea
John A. Pérez — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Hayashi — Yea
Hill — Yea
Cook — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Huffman — Yea
Alejo — Yea
Beall — Yea
Davis — Yea
Dickinson — Yea
Knight — Yea
Lara — Yea
Logue — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Miller — Yea
Monning — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Perea — Yea
Smyth — Yea
Swanson — Yea
Valadao — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Williams — Yea
Hagman — Nay
Harkey — Nay
Nestande — Nay
Solorio — Yea
Cedillo — Not Voting
Fletcher — Not Voting
Halderman — Not Voting
Conway — Not Voting
Hall — Not Voting
Donnelly — Nay
Mansoor — Not Voting
Morrell — Nay
Olsen — Not Voting
Silva — Not Voting
Achadjian — Yea
Ammiano — Yea
Block — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Brownley — Yea
Buchanan — Yea
Huber — Yea
Jeffries — Yea
Ma — Yea
Norby — Not Voting
Skinner — Yea
Torres — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Eng — Yea
Furutani — Yea
Garrick — Not Voting
Yamada — Yea
Beth Gaines — Not Voting
Bill Berryhill — Yea
Bonnie Lowenthal — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
V. Manuel Pérez — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

Official roll call →

Do pass.

Passed 14 Yea · 1 Nay · 2 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 13102
Democratic 1000
Total 14102
% of votes cast 82%6%0%12%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Hall — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Harkey — Not Voting
Hill — Yea
Campos — Yea
Davis — Yea
Donnelly — Nay
Nielsen — Yea
Norby — Not Voting
Solorio — Yea
Wagner — Yea
Blumenfield — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Lara — Yea
Fuentes — Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea

Official roll call →

Subjects

civil-rights labor
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1964 do?
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of all persons to seek, obtain, and hold employment without discrimination or abridgment on account of race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, or sexual orientation. Specifically, an employer or other covered entity is required to reasonably accommodate the religious belief or observance of an individual unless the accommodation would be an undue hardship on the conduct of the business of the employer or other entity. This bill would include a religious dress practice or a religious grooming practice as a belief or observance covered by the protections against religious discrimination, and would specify that an accommodation of an individual's religious dress practice or religious grooming practice that would require that person to be segregated from the public or other employees is not a reasonable accommodation. This bill would further provide that no accommodation is required if an accommodation would result in the violation of specified laws protecting civil rights. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 12926 of the Government Code, proposed by AB 2386, to be operative only if AB 2386 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last.
Who sponsors AB 1964?
AB 1964 is sponsored by Cedillo, Travis Allen, Corbett, DeSaulnier, Dickinson, Lieu, Steinberg, Yamada, Lowenthal, Josh (Democratic), Yee, Fong, Mike (Democratic), Rubio, Blanca E. (Democratic), and La Malfa.
What is the current status of AB 1964?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 23, 2012. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 1964?
Track AB 1964 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on AB 1964

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of AB 1964

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →