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CA AB 2134

enacted

City council members: absences without permission.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2134 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2134 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-08-24): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2134 about?

Existing law provides that if a city council member is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings for a specified number of days from the last regular meeting they attended, their office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy. This bill would require a city to establish a process for a city council member to notify the city clerk or other designated official in writing that they are taking parental leave, as defined, for 12 workweeks or longer if the city council member's city provides a parental leave period longer than 12 workweeks for their employees. The bill would exclude parental leave from counting toward the number of allowed absences allotted to each council member. The bill would prohibit the process from requiring a council member to make the declaration at a public hearing. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Who sponsors CA AB 2134?

Addis is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2134, joined by 4 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law provides that if a city council member is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings for a specified number of days from the last regular meeting they attended, their office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy. This bill would require a city to establish a process for a city council member to notify the city clerk or other designated official in writing that they are taking parental leave, as defined, for 12 workweeks or longer if the city council member's city provides a parental leave period longer than 12 workweeks for their employees. The bill would exclude parental leave from counting toward the number of allowed absences allotted to each council member. The bill would prohibit the process from requiring a council member to make the declaration at a public hearing. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

Introduced
2026-03-16
Latest action
2026-08-24 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Addisauthor
  • Rubiocoauthor
  • Aguiar-Currycoauthor
  • Ahrenscoauthor
  • Celeste Rodriguezcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-08-24

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. 2026-08-24

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-08-10

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

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  4. 2026-08-03

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.).

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  5. 2026-08-03

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6033.).

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  6. 2026-07-02

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2026-07-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0.).

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  8. 2026-07-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5187.).

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  9. 2026-06-25

    Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  10. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23).

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  11. 2026-06-10

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

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  12. 2026-06-04

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  13. 2026-05-20

    Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.

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  14. 2026-05-12

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  15. 2026-05-11

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5001.)

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  16. 2026-05-05

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2026-05-04

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

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  18. 2026-04-30

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29).

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  19. 2026-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  20. 2026-03-16

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.

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  21. 2026-03-16

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  22. 2026-02-19

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  23. 2026-02-18

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/18/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-18Compare
  • 03/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-03-16Compare
  • 05/04/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-05-04Compare
  • 06/04/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-04Compare
  • 06/25/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-25Compare
  • 08/05/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-05Compare
  • 08/24/26 - Chaptered — 2026-08-24Compare
  • AB2134Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2026-04-29 · pass · 10-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Ward: yes

  • AB 2134 Addis Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-11 · pass · 72-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Jackson: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Solache: other
    • Lowenthal: other
    • Gallagher: other
    • Michelle Rodriguez: other
    • Soria: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Quirk-Silva: other
    • Arambula: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2026-06-10 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Ashby: yes

  • Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2026-06-23 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Ashby: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Niello: yes

  • Consent Calendar 2nd AB2134 Addis et al.

    2026-07-02 · pass · 37-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: other
    • Rubio: other
    • Richardson: other

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