California Assembly Bill 1815
Session 20232024
Discrimination: race: hairstyles.
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Passed Assembly on May 2, 2024
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Bill Number
1815
State
California
Session
20232024
Akilah Weber
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AB 1815 Weber Assembly Third Reading
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Summary
Existing law, the Unruh Civil Rights Act, provides that all persons within the jurisdiction of this state are entitled to full and equal accommodations in all business establishments regardless of their sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, citizenship, primary language, or immigration status.
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, makes it unlawful to engage in specified discriminatory employment practices based on certain protected characteristics, including race, unless based on a bona fide occupational qualification or applicable security regulations, and prohibits housing discrimination based on specified personal characteristics, including race.
Existing law states the policy of the State of California to afford all persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other specified characteristic, equal rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state, and to prohibit acts that are contrary to that policy and to provide remedies therefor.
Existing law prohibits discrimination because of a perception that a person has one of those protected characteristics or is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics. The California Fair Employment and Housing Act and public school policy define the term race for purposes of those provisions to include traits historically associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, as defined.
This bill would remove the term "historically" from the definitions of race, thus defining race to include traits associated with race, including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles, as defined, and would add those definitions for "race" and "protective hairstyle" to the Unruh Civil Rights Act.
This bill would declare that its provisions are declaratory of existing law.
01/10/24 - Introduced
January 10, 2024
03/21/24 - Amended Assembly
March 21, 2024
05/23/24 - Amended Senate
May 23, 2024
03/29/24- Assembly Judiciary
March 29, 2024
04/22/24- Assembly Appropriations
April 22, 2024
04/26/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
April 26, 2024
05/31/24- Senate Judiciary
May 31, 2024
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06/04/2024
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
05/23/2024
Senate
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
05/15/2024
Senate
Referred to Com. on JUD.
05/02/2024
Senate
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
05/02/2024
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0.)
04/25/2024
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
04/24/2024
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 24).
04/02/2024
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
04/02/2024
Assembly
Coauthors revised.
04/01/2024
Assembly
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
03/21/2024
Assembly
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended.
03/11/2024
Assembly
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
03/06/2024
Assembly
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
01/22/2024
Assembly
Referred to Com. on JUD.
01/11/2024
Assembly
From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
01/10/2024
Assembly
Read first time. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Jan 11, 2024 12:16:20 PM
Record Updated
Jun 5, 2024 12:22:52 PM