CA AB 2142

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School districts: community college districts: short-term employees: classified service.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications and to classify, as defined, these employees and positions. Existing law requires these employees and positions to be known as the classified service. Existing law prohibits substitute and short-term employees, as defined, employed and paid for less than 75% of a school year or college year, from being part of the classified service. This bill would establish a rebuttable presumption that a school district or community college district is required to replace a short-term employee position with a position in the classified service if (1) the short-term employee performs the required service of the position beyond 75% of a school year or college year, (2) the short-term employee voluntarily separates or is laid off or terminated from employment for at least 50% but less than 75% of a school year or college year and is then rehired in the next school year or college year to perform substantially the same services for at least 50% of the school year or college year, or (3) the services of the short-term employee position are used at least 50% of a school year or college year for 3 of 5 consecutive school years or college years.

Introduced: 2026-04-22
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-07-01 — From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

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Action timeline

2026-02-18
Read first time. To print.
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2026-02-19
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-03-09
Referred to Coms. on P. E. & R. and HIGHER ED.
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2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2026-04-22
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 21).
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2026-04-23
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-27
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 16.)
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2026-05-28
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-06-10
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and APPR.
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2026-07-01
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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Versions

02/18/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-18Compare
04/23/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-23Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education]
2026-04-08 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Nguyen: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 7-3
Member-level votes (10)
- Ramos: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Patel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Fong: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Macedo: no
- Tangipa: no
- DeMaio: no
Do pass.
2026-05-14 · pass · 11-4
Member-level votes (15)
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Hoover: no
AB 2142 Garcia Assembly Third Reading
2026-05-27 · pass · 60-16
Member-level votes (80)
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Davies: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Addis: yes
- Bains: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Ward: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Soria: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Lee: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Haney: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Krell: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Solache: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Johnson: no
- Hoover: no
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Dixon: no
- Wallis: no
- Flora: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Hadwick: no
- Sanchez: no
- Gallagher: no
- Alanis: no
- Ellis: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Castillo: other
- Lackey: other
- Chen: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-07-01 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Strickland: no

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