CaliforniaCity council members: absences without permission.
What it does
Existing law provides that if a city council member is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings for a specified number of days from the last regular meeting they attended, their office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy.
More detail
This bill would require a city to establish a process for a city council member to notify the city clerk or other designated official in writing that they are taking parental leave, as defined, for 12 workweeks or longer if the city council member's city provides a parental leave period longer than 12 workweeks for their employees. The bill would exclude parental leave from counting toward the number of allowed absences allotted to each council member. The bill would prohibit the process from requiring a council member to make the declaration at a public hearing.
The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.
Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest.
This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Aug 24Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 123, Statutes of 2026.Latest
- Aug 24Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Aug 10Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.To Governor
- Aug 3Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 6033.).Major
- Vote recorded AB 2134 Addis Concurrence in Senate Amendments. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 2In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd AB2134 Addis et al. Result: pass.Upper
- Jul 2Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5187.).Passed Senate
- Jun 25Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar.Major
- Jun 24From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 23).Major
- Jun 23
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 10From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 4From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Major
- May 20Referred to Coms. on L. GOV. and JUD.Minor
- May 12In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.Minor
- May 11Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 5001.)Passed Assembly
- Vote recorded AB 2134 Addis Assembly Third Reading. Result: pass.Lower
- May 5Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- May 4Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.Major
- Apr 30From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 29).Major
- Apr 29
- Vote recorded Do pass as amended. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 17Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Mar 16From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. GOV. Read second time and amended.Major
- Mar 16Referred to Com. on L. GOV.Minor
- Feb 19From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- Feb 18Read first time. To print.Introduced