BILL NUMBER: AB 437 ENROLLED BILL TEXT PASSED THE SENATE AUGUST 27, 2008 PASSED THE ASSEMBLY AUGUST 30, 2008 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 21, 2008 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 14, 2008 AMENDED IN SENATE JULY 17, 2007 AMENDED IN SENATE JUNE 28, 2007 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 10, 2007 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Jones (Principal coauthors: Assembly Members Berg, Brownley, and Leno) (Principal coauthors: Senators Kuehl and Migden) (Coauthor: Assembly Member Laird) FEBRUARY 16, 2007 An act to add Section 355.5 to the Code of Civil Procedure, relating to statutes of limitation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 437, Jones. Statutes of limitation. Existing law contains provisions that define unlawful discrimination and employment practices and establish procedures for an employee who has suffered discrimination or other unlawful practices, as defined, to file a complaint with the Fair Employment and Housing Department, or under certain circumstances, to bring a civil action against his or her employer. This bill would provide that the Legislature, in order to clarify the meaning and effect of state laws regarding statutes of limitation, rejects the interpretation given to federal law by a specified United States Supreme Court case. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 355.5 is added to the Code of Civil Procedure, to read: 355.5. The Legislature, in order to construe and clarify the meaning and effect of existing state law regarding statutes of limitation, rejects the interpretation given to federal law by the United States Supreme Court in Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (2007) 127 S. Ct. 2162.