Existing law requires an employer to grant a leave of absence to an employee who is an organ donor or a bone marrow donor. The leave of absence to an organ donor is up to 30 days in a one-year period. The leave of absence for a bone marrow donor is up to 5 days in a one-year period. The leave of absence for either donor is not a break in his or her continuous service for the purpose of his or her right to salary adjustments, sick leave, vacation, annual leave, or seniority. As a condition of an employee's initial receipt of the leave of absence, an employer may require the employee to take a specified number of days of earned but unused sick or vacation leave, unless that would violate provisions of an applicable collective bargaining agreement.
California SB 272 (20112012) — Leave of absence: organ donation.
Existing law requires an employer to grant a leave of absence to an employee who is an organ donor or a bone marrow donor. The leave of absence to an organ donor is up to 30 days in a one-year period. The leave of absence for a bone marrow donor is up to 5 days in a one-year period. The leave of absence for either donor is not a break in his or her continuous service for the purpose of his or her right to salary adjustments, sick leave, vacation, annual leave, or seniority. As a condition of an employee's initial receipt of the leave of absence, an employer may require the employee to take a specified number of days of earned but unused sick or vacation leave, unless that would violate provisions of an applicable collective bargaining agreement.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 38–0 (pass) · upper
SB 272 DeSaulnier Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
DeSaulnier — primary (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 Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2011-03-29 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2011-04-26 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
2011-04-28 Set for hearing May 11.
2011-05-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 951.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2011-05-27 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1138.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-05-27 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2011-06-09 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2011-06-16 Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-06-21 Set, second hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2011-07-07 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 6). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2011-07-11 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2011-07-14 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 2345.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
2011-07-14 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2011-07-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2011-08-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2011-08-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 147, Statutes of 2011.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/08e9f73e-1c5d-437b-9235-b359e2da2020. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).