Gov. Code, § 11135 · Article 9.5. Discrimination

Gov. Code, § 11135

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(a) No person in the State of California shall, on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, ethnic group identification, age, mental disability, physical disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, or sexual orientation, be unlawfully denied full and equal access to the benefits of, or be unlawfully subjected to discrimination under, any program or activity that is conducted, operated, or administered by the state or by any state agency, is funded directly by the state, or receives any financial assistance from the state. Notwithstanding Section 11000, this section applies to the California State University.

(b) With respect to discrimination on the basis of disability, programs and activities subject to subdivision (a) shall meet the protections and prohibitions contained in Section 202 of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132), and the federal rules and regulations adopted in implementation thereof, except that if the laws of this state prescribe stronger protections and prohibitions, the programs and activities subject to subdivision (a) shall be subject to the stronger protections and prohibitions.

(d) The protected bases used in this section include a perception that a person has any of those characteristics or that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.

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History

Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 870, Sec. 4. (SB 1442) Effective January 1, 2017.

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Edition: As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
Official file: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=GOV&sectionNum=11135.
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Bus. & Prof. Code, § 23438Printed as Section 11135 of the Government Code

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Elec. Code, § 4005Printed as Section 11135 of the Government Code

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Food & Agr. Code, § 12997.7Printed as Section 11135 of the Government Code

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Penal Code

Pen. Code, § 1347.5Printed as Section 11135 of the Government Code

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Vehicle Code

Veh. Code, § 12801.9Printed as Section 11135 of the Government Code

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Cal. Rules of Court, rule 5.655Program requirements for Court Appointed Special Advocate programsPrinted as Government Code section 11135

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