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California 20252026

SB 1149

Employees: bereavement leave.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Employees, bereavementleave
Introduced / first action
2026-02-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by any employee to take up to 5 days of bereavement leave upon the death of a family member, as defined, to refuse to hire, or to discharge, demote, fine, suspend, expel, or discriminate against, an individual because of the individual's exercise of the right to bereavement leave or because of the individual's giving information or testimony as to their own or another person's bereavement leave, or to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any of these rights, as specified. This bill would include a designated person identified by the employee, as specified, in the definition of "family member" and authorize an employer to limit an employee to one designated person per 12-month period for purposes of these provisions relating to bereavement leave.

Sponsors

Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  2. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6273.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  4. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  5. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).

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  6. Coauthors revised.

  7. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  8. July 1 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  9. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  10. Coauthors revised.

  11. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

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  12. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  13. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4352.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  14. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  15. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  16. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4266.) (May 14).

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  17. Set for hearing May 14.

  18. April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  19. Set for hearing April 20.

  20. April 13 hearing postponed by committee.

  21. Set for hearing April 13.

  22. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3690.) (March 25).

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  24. Set for hearing March 25.

  25. Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  26. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.

  27. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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