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SB 117 California Senate · 2011-2012 Regular Session

Public contracts: prohibitions: discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation.

Summary
Existing law prohibits a state agency from entering into a contract for the acquisition of goods or services in the amount of $100,000 or more with a contractor who, in the provision of benefits, discriminates between employees with spouses and employees with domestic partners, or discriminates between the domestic partners and spouses of those employees. This bill would also prohibit a state agency from entering into a contract in the amount of $100,000 or more with a contractor who discriminates between employees with spouses or domestic partners of a different sex and employees with spouses or domestic partners of the same sex, or discriminates between same-sex and different-sex domestic partners of employees or between same-sex and different-sex spouses of employees.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2011
Committee Review
Aug 2011
Senate Passage
May 2011
Assembly Passage
Jul 2011
Signed into Law
Sep 2011
Introduced Jan 20, 2011 Signed Sep 6, 2011
Floor votes · Assembly Jul 14, 2011

How they voted

44–24
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 70
Jul 14, 2011
D Democratic44
44 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican26
24 Nay 2
92% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
5
Committee
6
Amendments
2
Sep 6, 2011
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 22, 2011
Upper · Passed
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 13. Page 1999.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Jul 14, 2011
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (44-24-2)
assembly
Jul 14, 2011
Introduced
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
upper
Jun 29, 2011
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 21).
lower
Jun 14, 2011
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
May 23, 2011
Committee
Referred to Coms. on B., P. & C.P. and JUD.
lower
Apr 6, 2011
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 3. Noes 2. Page 559.) (April 5).
upper
Mar 22, 2011
Committee
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 5. Page 415.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
upper
Feb 10, 2011
Committee
Referred to Coms. on G.O. and JUD.
upper
Jan 20, 2011
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
CK
Christine Kehoe
DDemocratic
CA
39