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CA AB 642

enacted

Emergencies proclaimed by the Governor: school employee catastrophic leave.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Quick answers

Did CA AB 642 pass?

Yes. CA AB 642 has been enacted into law as of 2025-07-30. Latest recorded action (2025-07-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA AB 642 about?

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district or county office of education to establish a catastrophic leave program to permit employees of that school district or county office of education, if specified conditions are met, to donate eligible leave credits to an employee when that employee or a member of their family suffers from a catastrophic illness or injury, as provided. This bill would extend the above-described authorization to the governing body of a charter school and would authorize the governing board or body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to also permit employees to donate eligible leave credits to an employee impacted by a state of emergency that has been proclaimed by the Governor, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Who sponsors CA AB 642?

Muratsuchi is the primary sponsor of CA AB 642.

Description

Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district or county office of education to establish a catastrophic leave program to permit employees of that school district or county office of education, if specified conditions are met, to donate eligible leave credits to an employee when that employee or a member of their family suffers from a catastrophic illness or injury, as provided. This bill would extend the above-described authorization to the governing body of a charter school and would authorize the governing board or body of a school district, county office of education, or charter school to also permit employees to donate eligible leave credits to an employee impacted by a state of emergency that has been proclaimed by the Governor, as provided. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced
2025-03-05
Latest action
2025-07-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Muratsuchiauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-13

    Read first time. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-14

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

  3. 2025-03-03

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  4. 2025-03-05

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

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  5. 2025-03-06

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

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  6. 2025-03-27

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (March 26).

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  7. 2025-03-28

    Read second time and amended.

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  8. 2025-04-01

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  9. 2025-04-09

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

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  10. 2025-05-23

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

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  11. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  12. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).

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  13. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-06-04

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 2066.).

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  15. 2025-06-05

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

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  16. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Com. on ED.

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  17. 2025-06-23

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

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  18. 2025-07-02

    From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 2).

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  19. 2025-07-03

    Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  20. 2025-07-10

    Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2042.).

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  21. 2025-07-10

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  22. 2025-07-17

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2590.).

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  23. 2025-07-25

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.

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  24. 2025-07-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  25. 2025-07-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 83, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/13/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-13Compare
  • 03/05/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-05Compare
  • 03/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-03-28Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/23/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-23Compare
  • 07/18/25 - Enrolled — 2025-07-18Compare
  • 07/30/25 - Chaptered — 2025-07-30Compare
  • AB642Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar

    2025-03-26 · pass · 9-0

    Member-level votes (9)
    • Patel: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-0

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

  • AB 642 Muratsuchi Third Reading Urgency

    2025-06-04 · pass · 79-0

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

  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar

    2025-07-02 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Consent Calendar 2nd (Urgency Clause)

    2025-07-10 · pass · 37-0

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

  • AB 642 Muratsuchi Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-07-17 · pass · 74-0

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

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