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Bill	Sick leave: accrual and limitations.	(1) The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 provides, among other things, that an employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of employment is entitled to paid sick days for prescribed purposes, to be accrued at a rate of no less than one hour for every 30 hours worked.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 304	California AB 304 (20152016)	bill	Sick leave: accrual and limitations.	enacted	Gonzalez	11	30	5	2015-02-12	2015-07-13	openstates	ocd-bill/8cf4ad09-7cd4-417a-99cf-43b0f507aa83	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB304	4002067f66dff30df71bb3b9034a7116a9ba5c8cf3615e11ac5dba4100b9d399	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 304 (20152016) — Sick leave: accrual and limitations.

(1) The Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014 provides, among other things, that an employee who, on or after July 1, 2015, works in California for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of employment is entitled to paid sick days for prescribed purposes, to be accrued at a rate of no less than one hour for every 30 hours worked.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/26/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/14/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/27/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 05/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/02/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/18/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
8. 06/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
9. 07/13/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB304 (committee substitute) — source
11. 07/13/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB304 Gonzalez By Mendoza Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–5 (pass) · lower
• AB 304 GONZALEZ Third Reading Urgency — 69–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — 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 L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-06 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-04-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-04-23 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 22). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-04-27 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-05-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-06-01 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (May 27). amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2015-06-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-18 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2037.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 2085.) reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-22 Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 2085.)
• 2015-06-22 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 21. Page 2085.)
• 2015-06-22 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 2086.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-23 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-25 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-08 From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-13 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1904.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-13 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2015-07-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:55 p.m.
• 2015-07-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-07-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 67, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8cf4ad09-7cd4-417a-99cf-43b0f507aa83. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).