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CA AB 268

enacted

State holidays: Diwali.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 268 pass?

Yes. CA AB 268 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-06. Latest recorded action (2025-10-06): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 268 about?

Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law designates holidays on which community colleges and public schools are authorized to close pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the governing board and represented employees, including "Native American Day" on the 4th Friday in September. Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, and authorizes certain community college and public school employees, to be given time off with pay for specified holidays, as specified. This bill would add "Diwali" to the list of state holidays. The bill would authorize community colleges and public schools to close on "Diwali," as specified. The bill would authorize state employees to elect to take, and would authorize certain community college and public school employees to be given, time off with pay in recognition of "Diwali," as specified. The bill would authorize public schools and educational institutions throughout the state to include exercises acknowledging and celebrating the meaning and importance of Diwali, as specified. Existing law adopts state holidays as judicial holidays, with certain exceptions, including Admission Day and Columbus Day. This bill would add "Diwali" to the list of holidays that are excluded from designation as a judicial holiday. This bill would make related findings and declarations.

Who sponsors CA AB 268?

Kalra is the primary sponsor of CA AB 268, joined by 10 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law designates holidays on which community colleges and public schools are authorized to close pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the governing board and represented employees, including "Native American Day" on the 4th Friday in September. Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, and authorizes certain community college and public school employees, to be given time off with pay for specified holidays, as specified. This bill would add "Diwali" to the list of state holidays. The bill would authorize community colleges and public schools to close on "Diwali," as specified. The bill would authorize state employees to elect to take, and would authorize certain community college and public school employees to be given, time off with pay in recognition of "Diwali," as specified. The bill would authorize public schools and educational institutions throughout the state to include exercises acknowledging and celebrating the meaning and importance of Diwali, as specified. Existing law adopts state holidays as judicial holidays, with certain exceptions, including Admission Day and Columbus Day. This bill would add "Diwali" to the list of holidays that are excluded from designation as a judicial holiday. This bill would make related findings and declarations.

Introduced
2025-03-13
Latest action
2025-10-06 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kalraauthor
  • Patelauthor
  • Allenprincipal coauthor
  • Ahrenscoauthor
  • Bainscoauthor
  • Fongcoauthor
  • Gipsoncoauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Wardcoauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor
  • Wahabcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-17

    Read first time. To print.

    reading-1

  2. 2025-01-18

    From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.

  3. 2025-03-13

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and P. E. & R.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-13

    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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  5. 2025-03-17

    Re-referred to Com. on G.O.

    referral-committee

  6. 2025-04-03

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. E. & R. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R.

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  7. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-04-23

    Coauthors revised.

  9. 2025-05-07

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  10. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  11. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2025-06-02

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1817.)

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  13. 2025-06-03

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

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  14. 2025-06-11

    Referred to Coms. on G.O. and ED.

    referral-committee

  15. 2025-06-13

    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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  16. 2025-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  17. 2025-07-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  18. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  20. 2025-08-29

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-09-10

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2796.).

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  22. 2025-09-10

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  23. 2025-09-11

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3290.).

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  24. 2025-09-23

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  25. 2025-10-06

    Approved by the Governor.

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  26. 2025-10-06

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 01/17/25 - Introduced — 2025-01-17Compare
  • 03/13/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-13Compare
  • 06/13/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-13Compare
  • 09/15/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-15Compare
  • 10/06/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-06Compare
  • AB268Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Employment and Retirement]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 19-0

    Member-level votes (22)
    • Davies: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Carrillo: other
    • Ta: other
    • DeMaio: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-23 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Garcia: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Elhawary: yes

  • Do pass.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 268 Kalra Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-02 · pass · 78-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Rivas: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Tangipa: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • DeMaio: other

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

    2025-06-24 · pass · 13-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Jones: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Choi: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other

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

    2025-07-09 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Laird: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: other
    • Ochoa Bogh: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes

  • 3rd Reading AB268 Kalra et al. By Allen

    2025-09-10 · pass · 36-0

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

  • AB 268 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 76-0

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

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