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.