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Committee advances SB 477 to clarify FEHA deadlines and bolster Civil Rights Department enforcement
Summary
SB 477 would amend the California Fair Employment and Housing Act to allow the Civil Rights Department to toll investigation deadlines by agreement, broaden the definition of group complaints, extend filing deadlines during appeals, and let the department bring housing discrimination suits in any county where it has an office.
The Assembly Appropriations Committee advanced SB 477 on July 2, 2025. The bill, presented to the panel by Sen. Blake Spear, would amend the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) to resolve statutory inconsistencies and administrative constraints that the Civil Rights Department (CRD) says impede investigations and enforcement.
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