CA AB 65
in committeeSchool and community college employees: paid disability and parental leave.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Did CA AB 65 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 65 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-17): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.
What is CA AB 65 about?
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, and the governing board of a community college district, to provide for a leave of absence from duty for a certificated employee or an academic employee of the district who is required to be absent from duty because of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery from those conditions. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district, and the governing board of a community college district, to provide for a leave of absence from duty as it deems appropriate for a female employee in the classified service of the district who is required to be absent from duty because of pregnancy or convalescence following childbirth. Existing law authorizes a governing board to adopt rules and regulations about leaves of absence for classified employees for these purposes, and authorizes a governing board to provide in the rules and regulations whether the leave granted shall be with or without pay, as provided. This bill would delete the latter provisions authorizing a governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district to adopt those rules and regulations. The bill instead would require a public school employer to, for a certificated employee or an employee in the classified service of the public school employer, and would require a community college district to, for an academic employee or an employee in the classified service of the community college district, provide up to 14 weeks of a leave of absence with specified pay benefits for an employee who is required to be absent from duty because of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery from those conditions, as provided. The bill would authorize the paid leave to begin before and continue after childbirth if the employee is actually disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or a related condition. The bill would prohibit a leave of absence taken pursuant to these provisions from being deducted from other leaves of absence, as provided, and would require public school employers and community college districts to maintain group health coverage for an employee who takes a leave of absence under these provisions for the duration of the leave of absence at the same level and under the same conditions that coverage would have been provided if the employee had not taken a leave of absence. The bill would prohibit any other eligibility requirements, including, but not limited to, minimum hours worked or length of service, before an employee disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or related medical conditions is eligible for a paid leave of absence under these provisions.
Who sponsors CA AB 65?
Aguiar-Curry is the primary sponsor of CA AB 65, joined by 8 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district, and the governing board of a community college district, to provide for a leave of absence from duty for a certificated employee or an academic employee of the district who is required to be absent from duty because of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, and recovery from those conditions. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district, and the governing board of a community college district, to provide for a leave of absence from duty as it deems appropriate for a female employee in the classified service of the district who is required to be absent from duty because of pregnancy or convalescence following childbirth. Existing law authorizes a governing board to adopt rules and regulations about leaves of absence for classified employees for these purposes, and authorizes a governing board to provide in the rules and regulations whether the leave granted shall be with or without pay, as provided. This bill would delete the latter provisions authorizing a governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district to adopt those rules and regulations. The bill instead would require a public school employer to, for a certificated employee or an employee in the classified service of the public school employer, and would require a community college district to, for an academic employee or an employee in the classified service of the community college district, provide up to 14 weeks of a leave of absence with specified pay benefits for an employee who is required to be absent from duty because of pregnancy, miscarriage, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or recovery from those conditions, as provided. The bill would authorize the paid leave to begin before and continue after childbirth if the employee is actually disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or a related condition. The bill would prohibit a leave of absence taken pursuant to these provisions from being deducted from other leaves of absence, as provided, and would require public school employers and community college districts to maintain group health coverage for an employee who takes a leave of absence under these provisions for the duration of the leave of absence at the same level and under the same conditions that coverage would have been provided if the employee had not taken a leave of absence. The bill would prohibit any other eligibility requirements, including, but not limited to, minimum hours worked or length of service, before an employee disabled by pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, or related medical conditions is eligible for a paid leave of absence under these provisions.
- Introduced
- 2024-12-03
- Latest action
- 2026-08-17 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Aguiar-Curryauthor
- Cervantesprincipal coauthor
- Boernercoauthor
- Bontacoauthor
- Jeff Gonzalezcoauthor
- Lowenthalcoauthor
- Muratsuchicoauthor
- Celeste Rodriguezcoauthor
- Sharp-Collinscoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-17
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Ashby.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 13).
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-03
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
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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2026-06-17
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 17). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
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2025-06-18
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-11
Referred to Coms. on ED., L., P.E. & R. and APPR.
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2025-05-29
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-29
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 0. Page 1779.)
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (May 23).
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2025-05-14
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-04-23
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-13
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 12). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2025-03-13
Coauthors revised.
2025-02-03
Referred to Coms. on ED. and HIGHER ED.
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2025-01-06
Read first time.
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2024-12-04
From printer. May be heard in committee January 3.
2024-12-03
Introduced. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education]
2025-03-12 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (9)
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Addis: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Patel: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Garcia: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-22 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Patel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Tangipa: other
- DeMaio: other
Do pass.
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 65 Aguiar-Curry Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-29 · pass · 62-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Hart: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Lee: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Flora: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Addis: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Patel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Davies: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Gallagher: other
- Alvarez: other
- Nguyen: other
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Chen: other
- Hadwick: other
- Macedo: other
- Solache: other
- Bryan: other
- Ta: other
- Ward: other
- Wilson: other
- DeMaio: other
- Ellis: other
- Tangipa: other
- Soria: other
- Dixon: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ]
2026-06-17 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Pérez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: other
- Choi: 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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