California - Session 2025-2026
Title: Employment: bias mitigation training: unlawful discrimination.
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, prohibits various forms of employment and housing discrimination, including various types of discrimination because of national origin. Existing law empowers the Civil Rights Department to investigate and prosecute complaints alleging unlawful practices. This bill would provide that an employee’s assessment, testing, admission, or acknowledgment of their own personal bias that was made in good faith and solicited or required as part of a bias mitigation training does not constitute unlawful discrimination, as prescribed.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-10 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-10-01 | Status | enacted |
| 2025-10-01 | Latest Action | Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 216, Statutes of 2025. |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| AB 1898 | Workplace artificial intelligence tools. | in_committee |
| AB 2477 | Structural pest control. | in_committee |
| AB 1556 | Recovery residences: funding. | in_committee |
| AB 1659 | Juvenile court school pupils: joint transition planning policy: courses of study. | in_committee |
| AB 1666 | Forest management: biomass innovation parks. | in_committee |
| AB 1725 | Residential buildings: oil well disclosures: methane mitigation systems. | in_committee |
| AB 1742 | Civil actions: service of summons: commercial buildings. | in_committee |
| AB 1803 | Employment: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training. | in_committee |