---
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).