CA SB 1149
enactedEmployees: bereavement leave.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 1149 pass?
Yes. CA SB 1149 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-27): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 1149 about?
Existing law makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by any employee to take up to 5 days of bereavement leave upon the death of a family member, as defined, to refuse to hire, or to discharge, demote, fine, suspend, expel, or discriminate against, an individual because of the individual's exercise of the right to bereavement leave or because of the individual's giving information or testimony as to their own or another person's bereavement leave, or to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any of these rights, as specified. This bill would include a designated person identified by the employee, as specified, in the definition of "family member" and authorize an employer to limit an employee to one designated person per 12-month period for purposes of these provisions relating to bereavement leave.
Who sponsors CA SB 1149?
Durazo is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1149, joined by 12 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law makes it an unlawful employment practice for an employer to refuse to grant a request by any employee to take up to 5 days of bereavement leave upon the death of a family member, as defined, to refuse to hire, or to discharge, demote, fine, suspend, expel, or discriminate against, an individual because of the individual's exercise of the right to bereavement leave or because of the individual's giving information or testimony as to their own or another person's bereavement leave, or to interfere with, restrain, or deny the exercise of, or the attempt to exercise, any of these rights, as specified. This bill would include a designated person identified by the employee, as specified, in the definition of "family member" and authorize an employer to limit an employee to one designated person per 12-month period for purposes of these provisions relating to bereavement leave.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-18
- Latest action
- 2026-09-27 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Durazoauthor
- Cervantesprincipal coauthor
- Cabaldoncoauthor
- Gonzalezcoauthor
- Ochoa Boghcoauthor
- Pérezcoauthor
- Wienercoauthor
- Lairdcoauthor
- Bennettcoauthor
- Ortegacoauthor
- Schiavocoauthor
- Wardcoauthor
- Wicksprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-27
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-27
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-24
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-19
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6273.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
Coauthors revised.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
2026-08-13
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-07-01
July 1 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-11
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-06-11
Coauthors revised.
2026-05-26
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2026-05-19
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4352.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4266.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-20
April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-09
April 13 hearing postponed by committee.
2026-04-02
Set for hearing April 13.
2026-03-26
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-25
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3690.) (March 25).
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2026-03-16
Set for hearing March 25.
2026-02-26
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2026-02-19
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 21.
2026-02-18
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-03-25 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
Placed on suspense file
2026-04-20 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Do pass as amended
2026-05-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
3rd Reading SB1149 Durazo et al.
2026-05-19 · pass · 39-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Limón: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Choi: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Jones: yes
- Laird: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Richardson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-10 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Lee: yes
- Chen: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
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