Bill Sponsor
California Assembly Bill 2596
Session 20212022
Lunar New Year holiday.
Became Law
Became Law
Became Law on Sep 29, 2022
Sponsors
Democrat
Evan Low
Democrat
Wendy Carrillo
Republican
Phillip Chen
Republican
Steven S. Choi, Ph.D.
Democrat
Jesse Gabriel
Democrat
Cristina Garcia
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Mike Fong
Democrat
Mike A. Gipson
Democrat
Ash Kalra
Democrat
Alex Lee
Democrat
Kevin McCarty
Republican
Janet Nguyen
Democrat
Sharon Quirk-Silva
Democrat
Philip Y. Ting
Democrat
Buffy Wicks
First Action
Feb 18, 2022
Latest Action
Sep 29, 2022
Origin Chamber
Assembly
Type
Bill
Bill Number
2596
State
California
Session
20212022
Sponsorship by Party
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Mike Fong
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Principal Coauthor
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Rubio
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Assembly Votes (5)
Senate Votes (4)
Motion Text
AB 2596 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments
Summary
Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law requires the Governor annually to proclaim the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary month intervene, as the "Lunar New Year." Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, to elect to receive 8 hours of holiday credit for "Native American Day," in lieu of receiving 8 hours of personal holiday credit, and to elect to use 8 hours of vacation, annual leave, or compensating time off, consistent with departmental operational needs and collective bargaining agreements, for "Native American Day," as specified. This bill would repeal provisions requiring the Governor to annually proclaim the "Lunar New Year," and would instead recognize the "Lunar New Year" as a state holiday. The bill would authorize state employees, with specified exceptions, to elect to receive 8 hours of holiday credit for the "Lunar New Year" in lieu of receiving 8 hours of personal holiday credit, and to elect to use 8 hours of vacation, annual leave, or compensating time off, consistent with departmental operational needs and collective bargaining agreements, for "Lunar New Year," as specified. Existing law designates specific days designated as holidays in this state, every Saturday and the day after Thanksgiving Day as judicial holidays, except "Admission Day," "Columbus Day," and any other day appointed by the President, but not by the Governor, for a public fast, thanksgiving, or holiday. This bill would additionally exclude "Lunar New Year" from designation as a judicial holiday. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 135 of the Code of Civil Procedure proposed by AB 1801 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1801 are enacted and this bill is enacted last. This bill would incorporate additional changes to Sections 6700, 19853, and 19853.1 of the Government Code proposed by AB 1655 and AB 1801 to be operative only if this bill and AB 1655, AB 1801, or both are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Documents (11)
Sources
Record Created
Feb 19, 2022 12:17:52 PM
Record Updated
Nov 30, 2022 6:25:17 PM