01 – AB 381 – Cities and counties: human relations commissions

Year: 2001

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

AB 381 required that cities or counties’ human relations commissions include groups protected under current anti-discrimination and hate crimes laws and other groups subject to prejudice and discrimination.

01 – AB 257 – Schools: hate crimes

Year: 2001

Category: Educational, Social/Political

Bill Description:

AB 257 required comprehensive school safety plan to include hate crimes prevention.

01 – AB 225 – Education: interscholastic athletics: discrimination

Year: 2001

Category: Educational, Social/Political

Bill Description:

AB 225 extended nondiscrimination policy to interscholastic athletic activities and provide complaint process and resolution.

01 – AB 1475 – Employment harassment: religious exemption

Year: 2001

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

AB 1475 extended harassment prohibition to persons employed by religious health facilities not performing religious duties.

01 – AB 1193 – Insurers: hate crimes: cancellation or refusal to renew

Year: 2001

Category: Medical, Social/Political

Bill Description:

AB 1193 required that insurance coverage cannot be cancelled or refused solely based on one or more claims for a loss that resulted from a hate crime committed against the insured’s person or property.

01 – AB 1015 – Employment: retaliation

Year: 2001

Category: Social/Political, Workplace

Bill Description:

AB 1015 prohibited employment discrimination based upon a person’s lawful conduct that occurred outside the premises of the employer and outside the person’s hours of employment.

01 – AB 276 – Discrimination: remedies

Year: 2001

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

AB 276 extended statute of limitation for filing civil claims against perpetrators of hate crimes from one year to two years.

01 – AB-25 – Domestic partnerships

Year: 2001

Category: Social/Political, Family

Bill Description:

AB 25 was a comprehensive domestic partnership bill that would give gay, lesbian, and senior opposite-sex couples several basic rights to take care of each other.

00 – AB 2418 – Jurors: eligibility

Year: 2000

Category: Social/Political

Bill Description:

AB 2418 prohibited discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or similar grounds in jury selection.

00 – AB 1931 – Hate violence

Year: 2000

Category: Social/Political, Educational

Bill Description:

AB 1931 established and fund hate violence programs and training in public schools.