---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public school employees: military veterans: leave of absence for illness or injury."
description: "(1) Under existing law, a certificated employee may, at his or her election, use days of leave of absence for illness or injury allowed, pursuant to specified existing law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1180"
citation: "California SB 1180 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public school employees: military veterans: leave of absence for illness or injury."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4f3c17e2-07ad-4ef7-809f-1f91cffd1026"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1180"
source_hash: "a2df1c40b3b9ab4ec22424f1bc4da175a0d4ce945ce02b12caf373e464f0cde4"
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 1180 (20152016) — Public school employees: military veterans: leave of absence for illness or injury.

(1) Under existing law, a certificated employee may, at his or her election, use days of leave of absence for illness or injury allowed, pursuant to specified existing law.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1180&version=20150SB118099INT)
2. **04/26/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1180&version=20150SB118098AMD)
3. **09/27/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1180&version=20150SB118096CHP)
4. **SB1180** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1180)
5. **08/22/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1180&version=20150SB118097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1180 Jackson Senate Third Reading By MATHIS — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-11** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2016-04-13** Set for hearing April 20 in ED. pending receipt.
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3524.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0. Page 3607.) (April 20). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3713.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-28** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Coms. on ED. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 15). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-03** August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5909.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
- **2016-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2016-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 728, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4f3c17e2-07ad-4ef7-809f-1f91cffd1026`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).