republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-302.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil services: lactation accommodations."
description: "Existing law requires an employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee's infant child. Existing law requires the employer to make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employee's work area, for the employee to express milk in private. Existing law establishes the California School Age Families Education Program, which is a comprehensive, continuous, and community linked school-based program that focuses on youth development and dropout prevention for pregnant and parenting pupils and on child care and development services for their children."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 302"
citation: "California AB 302 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil services: lactation accommodations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cristina Garcia"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2015-02-12"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4815585f-12bd-40ba-9368-37eed9fb23b7"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302"
source_hash: "29535e0706999051cc87e0a36c4b99b96123b8b419c85d074e544c5c509dcba9"
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 AB 302 (20152016) — Pupil services: lactation accommodations.

Existing law requires an employer to provide a reasonable amount of break time to accommodate an employee desiring to express breast milk for the employee's infant child. Existing law requires the employer to make reasonable efforts to provide the employee with the use of a room or other location, other than a toilet stall, in close proximity to the employee's work area, for the employee to express milk in private. Existing law establishes the California School Age Families Education Program, which is a comprehensive, continuous, and community linked school-based program that focuses on youth development and dropout prevention for pregnant and parenting pupils and on child care and development services for their children.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/12/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302&version=20150AB30299INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302&version=20150AB30298AMD)
3. **04/20/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302&version=20150AB30297AMD)
4. **06/01/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302&version=20150AB30296AMD)
5. **07/14/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302&version=20150AB30295AMD)
6. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302&version=20150AB30293CHP)
7. **AB302** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302)
8. **09/08/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB302&version=20150AB30294ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 302 GARCIA, C. Assembly Third Reading — **60–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB302 Cristina Garcia By Liu — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 302 GARCIA, C. Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–14** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cristina Garcia — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-12** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-13** From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on ED. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-16** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-20** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-21** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-29** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 28). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-06-01** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 17. Page 1866.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-18** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-07-13** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (July 8). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-07-14** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2015-08-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 2344.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-01** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 3 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-03** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 14. Page 2835.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 690, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4815585f-12bd-40ba-9368-37eed9fb23b7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).