CA AB 2294

introduced

State holidays: Sylvia Mendez Day.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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.

Introduced: 2026-04-16
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-06-22 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Umberg.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2026-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2026-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2026-03-16
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-04-08
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2026-04-16
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-20
Re-referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
2026-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2026-04-23
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 21. Noes 0.) (April 22).
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2026-04-27
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2026-05-04
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4918.)
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2026-05-05
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2026-05-13
Referred to Com. on G.O.
referral-committee
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.
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2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 9).
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2026-06-10
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-06-22
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Umberg.

Versions

02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
04/16/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-16Compare
06/02/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-02Compare
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Documents

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

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2294

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