California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 2156: Holidays: Farmworkers Day.

Enacted Official data

Introduced
In committee
Passed one chamber
Passed both chambers
Enacted

Last official action: March 26, 2026 ·Record last updated: Oct 25, 2026, 2:01 PM UTC

Plain-language summary

AB 2156 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Holidays: Farmworkers Day. Primary sponsor: Robert Rivas (D), Monique Limón (D). It lists 118 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2026.

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Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state, including Cesar Chavez Day on March 31, and requires the Governor to annually proclaim March 31 as Cesar Chavez Day.
This bill would instead designate March 31 as Farmworkers Day and would require the Governor to annually proclaim March 31 as Farmworkers Day.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 90 · Republican 30

Name	Role	Party	Chamber	District
Robert Rivas	Primary sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	29
Monique Limón	Primary sponsor	Democratic	Senate	21
Dawn Addis	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	30
Cecilia Aguiar-Curry	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	4
Patrick Ahrens	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	26
Juan Alanis	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	22
Benjamin Allen	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	24
Marie Alvarado-Gil	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	4
David Alvarez	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	80
Joaquin Arambula	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	31
Bob Archuleta	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	30
Jesse Arreguín	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	7
Angelique Ashby	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	8
Jasmeet Bains	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	35
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	16
Josh Becker	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	13
Steve Bennett	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	38
Marc Berman	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	23
Catherine Blakespear	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	38
Tasha Boerner	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	77
Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	19
Mia Bonta	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	18
Isaac Bryan	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	55
Christopher Cabaldon	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	3
Anna Caballero	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	14
Lisa Calderon	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	56
Jessica Caloza	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	52
Juan Carrillo	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	39
Leticia Castillo	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	58
Sabrina Cervantes	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	31
Phillip Chen	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	59
Steven Choi	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	37
Damon Connolly	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	12
Dave Cortese	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	15
Megan Dahle	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	1
Laurie Davies	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	74
Carl DeMaio	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	75
Diane Dixon	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	72
Maria Elena Durazo	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	26
Sade Elhawary	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	57
Stan Ellis	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	32
Anamarie Ávila Farías	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	15
Heath Flora	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	9
Mike Fong	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	49
Jesse Gabriel	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	46
James Gallagher	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	3
Robert Garcia	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	50
Mike Gipson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	65
Jeff Gonzalez	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	36
Lena Gonzalez	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	33
Mark González	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	54
Timothy Grayson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	9
Shannon Grove	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	12
Heather Hadwick	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	1
Matt Haney	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	17
John Harabedian	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	41
Gregg Hart	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	37
Josh Hoover	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	7
Melissa Hurtado	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	16
Jacqui Irwin	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	42
Corey Jackson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	60
Natasha Johnson	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	63
Brian Jones	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	40
Ash Kalra	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	25
Maggy Krell	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	6
Tom Lackey	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	34
John Laird	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	17
Alex Lee	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	24
Josh Lowenthal	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	69
Alexandra Macedo	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	33
Mike McGuire	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	2
Tina McKinnor	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	61
Jerry McNerney	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	5
Caroline Menjivar	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	20
Al Muratsuchi	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	66
Stephanie Nguyen	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	10
Roger Niello	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	6
Liz Ortega	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	20
Blanca Pacheco	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	64
Stephen Padilla	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	18
Diane Papan	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	21
Darshana R. Patel	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	76
Joe Patterson	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	5
Gail Pellerin	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	28
Sasha Renée Pérez	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	25
Cottie Petrie-Norris	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	73
Akilah Weber Pierson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	39
Sharon Quirk-Silva	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	67
James Ramos	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	45
Rhodesia Ransom	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	13
Eloise Gómez Reyes	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	29
Laura Richardson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	35
Celeste Rodriguez	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	43
Michelle Rodriguez	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	53
Chris Rogers	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	2
Blanca Rubio	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	48
Susan Rubio	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	22
Kate Sanchez	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	71
Pilar Schiavo	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	40
Nick Schultz	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	44
Kelly Seyarto	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	32
LaShae Sharp-Collins	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	79
Lola Smallwood-Cuevas	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	28
José Luis Solache	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	62
Esmeralda Soria	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	27
Catherine Stefani	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	19
Henry Stern	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	27
Tony Strickland	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	36
Tri Ta	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	70
David Tangipa	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	8
Thomas Umberg	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	34
Avelino Valencia	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	68
Suzette Martinez Valladares	Co-sponsor	Republican	Senate	23
Aisha Wahab	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	10
Greg Wallis	Co-sponsor	Republican	Assembly	47
Christopher Ward	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	78
Buffy Wicks	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	14
Scott Wiener	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Senate	11
Lori Wilson	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	11
Rick Chavez Zbur	Co-sponsor	Democratic	Assembly	51

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

March 26, 2026Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2026.
March 26, 2026Approved by the Governor.
March 26, 2026Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
March 26, 2026In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
March 26, 2026Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3698.).
March 25, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
March 24, 2026From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 24).
March 23, 2026Referred to Com. on G.O.
March 23, 2026Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 3636.)
March 23, 2026In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
March 23, 2026Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4374.).
March 23, 2026Ordered to third reading.

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Key facts

Bill: AB 2156 (current version: Chaptered)
Chamber: Assembly
Introduced: February 18, 2026
Stage: Enacted
Last action: March 26, 2026
Law: Chapter 7, Statutes of 2026
Appropriation: No
Fiscal committee: No
Urgency clause: Yes
Tax levy: No
Vote required: Two Thirds

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