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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Employment: pregnancy or childbirth leave."
+description: "Existing law prohibits employment discrimination based on sex or disability."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "SB 299"
+citation: "California SB 299 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Employment: pregnancy or childbirth leave."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Evans"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2011-02-14"
+last_action: "2011-10-06"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e36cca13-af2c-4c4e-9998-a5287e4deffc"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB299"
+source_hash: "3b1914bd3ea848ad71f17a9885f33b72a79318e9e6444cb43655a005d4c6d4f9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California SB 299 (20112012) — Employment: pregnancy or childbirth leave.
+
+Existing law prohibits employment discrimination based on sex or disability.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/14/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB299&version=20110SB29999INT)
+2. **08/26/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB299&version=20110SB29998AMD)
+3. **08/31/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB299&version=20110SB29997AMD)
+4. **10/06/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB299&version=20110SB29995CHP)
+5. **SB299** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB299)
+6. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB299&version=20110SB29996ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- 3rd Reading — **27–11** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass as amended. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
+- Unfinished Business SB299 Evans Concurrence — **27–9** (pass) · upper
+- SB 299 Evans Senate Third Reading By LOWENTHAL — **52–26** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Evans — primary (person)
+- Ammiano — coauthor (person)
+- Blumenfield — coauthor (person)
+- Bonnie Lowenthal — coauthor (person)
+- Brownley — coauthor (person)
+- Huffman — coauthor (person)
+- Leno — coauthor (person)
+- Skinner — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2011-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
+- **2011-02-24** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-03-16** Set for hearing March 23.
+- **2011-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 452.) (March 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-03-29** Set for hearing April 5.
+- **2011-04-06** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 559.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-04-13** Set for hearing May 2.
+- **2011-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 846.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 1170.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
+- **2011-06-09** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-07-13** Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-08-31** Read third time and amended. (Page 2710.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-08-31** Ordered to third reading.
+- **2011-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 26. Page 2931.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
+- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 9. Page 2403.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
+- **2011-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2011-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 510, Statutes of 2011.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e36cca13-af2c-4c4e-9998-a5287e4deffc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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