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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Senate Bill

SB 1149: Employees: bereavement leave.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 1149 is a senate bill introduced in the California Senate on February 18, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Employees: bereavement leave. Primary sponsor: Maria Elena Durazo (D). It lists 12 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (September 27, 2026): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, 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 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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12 · Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Maria Elena DurazoPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate26
Steve BennettCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly38
Rosilicie Ochoa BoghCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate19
Christopher CabaldonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Sabrina CervantesCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate31
Lena GonzalezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
John LairdCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate17
Liz OrtegaCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly20
Sasha Renée PérezCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate25
Pilar SchiavoCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly40
Christopher WardCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly78
Buffy WicksCo-sponsorDemocraticAssembly14
Scott WienerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate11

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

Recent official actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 679, Statutes of 2026.
  2. Approved by the Governor.
  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  4. In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
  5. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6273.) Ordered to the Senate.
  6. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
  7. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 13).
  8. Coauthors revised.
  9. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
  10. July 1 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  12. Coauthors revised.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page