CA SB1237 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 1237

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Engrossed on May 26 2026 - 50% progression
Action: 2026-06-24 - June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
Pending: Assembly Appropriations Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

An act to amend Sections 12907 and 12999 of the Government Code, relating to civil rights.

Civil Rights Department.

2026-06-09 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 9 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-05-26 - Senate - Senate 3rd Reading SB1237 Blakespear (Y: 29 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2026-05-14 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 5 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-20 - Senate - Placed on suspense file (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2026-04-07 - Senate - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] (Y: 10 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-06-24	Assembly	June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-09	Assembly	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-06-09	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2026-06-01	Assembly	Referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-05-26	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2026-05-26	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2026-05-14	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-05-14	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (May 14).
2026-05-08	Senate	Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-20	Senate	April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-10	Senate	Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-08	Senate	From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 3757.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2026-03-18	Senate	Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-04	Senate	Referred to Com. on JUD.
2026-02-20	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	12907	Amended Code	Citation Text
Government Code	12999	Amended Code	Citation Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1237
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1237#99INT
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1237