California Fair Employment and Housing Act: violations: personal liability.
Summary
Existing law prohibits discrimination and harassment in employment based on certain factors, including race, religious creed, gender, or sex. Existing law prohibits discharging or discriminating against a person who has opposed any practices prohibited by these provisions or has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding for a violation of these provisions. This bill would impose personal liability on specified employees for certain actions in connection with violating the prohibition against discharging or discriminating against a person who has opposed any practices prohibited by these provisions or has filed a complaint, testified, or assisted in any proceeding for a violation.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2018
Committee Review
Jul 2018
Senate Passage
May 2018
Assembly Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 8, 2018
Last action Aug 27, 2018
Floor votes · Senate May 30, 2018
How they voted
21–13
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 39
May 30, 2018
D
Democratic26
80% Yea
R
Republican13
100% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
5
Committee
5
Amendments
1
Jul 3, 2018
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3).
lower
Jun 18, 2018
Committee
Referred to Com. on JUD.
lower
May 30, 2018
Senate · Passed
Senate Vote: pass (21-13-5)
senate
May 25, 2018
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4302.) (May 25).
upper
Apr 19, 2018
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
upper
Apr 18, 2018
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 4722.) (April 17).
upper
Feb 22, 2018
Committee
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and APPR.
upper
Feb 8, 2018
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
Connie M. Leyva
DDemocratic
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