CA AB 2294
enactedState holidays: Sylvia Mendez Day.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2294 pass?
Yes. CA AB 2294 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA AB 2294 about?
Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state, including, among others, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Cesar Chavez Day. Existing law designates certain days as judicial holidays and exempts others, including Lunar New Year, Diwali, and Genocide Remembrance Day. This bill would designate Sylvia Mendez Day as a state holiday, but would exempt the holiday from being a judicial holiday. The bill would include related legislative findings and declarations. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 135 of the Code of Civil Procedure proposed by AB 2017 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2017 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The bill would also incorporate additional changes to Section 6700 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2017 and SB 1394 to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Who sponsors CA AB 2294?
Ta is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2294, joined by 16 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state, including, among others, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Cesar Chavez Day. Existing law designates certain days as judicial holidays and exempts others, including Lunar New Year, Diwali, and Genocide Remembrance Day. This bill would designate Sylvia Mendez Day as a state holiday, but would exempt the holiday from being a judicial holiday. The bill would include related legislative findings and declarations. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 135 of the Code of Civil Procedure proposed by AB 2017 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2017 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. The bill would also incorporate additional changes to Section 6700 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2017 and SB 1394 to be operative only if this bill and either or both of those bills are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
- Introduced
- 2026-04-16
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Taauthor
- Umbergprincipal coauthor
- Alaniscoauthor
- Castillocoauthor
- Daviescoauthor
- Floracoauthor
- Harabediancoauthor
- Muratsuchicoauthor
- Celeste Rodriguezcoauthor
- Tangipacoauthor
- Valenciacoauthor
- Arreguíncoauthor
- Caballerocoauthor
- Choicoauthor
- Dahlecoauthor
- Rubiocoauthor
- Stricklandcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 596, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-09-15
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-31
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6993.).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-30
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2026-08-30
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-28
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-27
Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0.)
2026-08-27
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-27
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0.).
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-17
From inactive file.
2026-08-17
Ordered to second reading.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-17
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-06-22
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Umberg.
2026-06-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-02
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-05-13
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4918.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-04-27
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2026-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 22).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-04-20
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-04-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-08
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-03-16
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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Versions
- 02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
- 04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
- 06/02/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-02Compare
- 08/17/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-17Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
- 08/27/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-27Compare
- 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
- 09/27/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-27Compare
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Votes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2026-04-22 · pass · 21-0
Member-level votes (22)
- Ramos: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Solache: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Davies: yes
- Soria: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Berman: other
AB 2294 Ta Consent Calendar Second Day
2026-05-04 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Jackson: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ward: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Stefani: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Berman: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lackey: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bains: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ta: yes
- Fong: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Papan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Addis: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Hart: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Arambula: other
- Chen: other
- Wallis: other
- Bennett: other
- Flora: other
- Caloza: other
- Wilson: other
Do pass
2026-06-09 · pass · 13-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Wahab: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: other
- Hurtado: other
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