republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-915.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public education employees: industrial accident or illness leaves of absence: travel restriction."
description: "Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to provide by rules and regulations for industrial accident or illness leaves of absence for employees who are a part of the classified service and for all certificated employees. Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district to provide by rules and regulations for industrial accident or illness leaves of absence for employees who are part of the classified service and for all academic employees. Existing law requires an employee receiving benefits pursuant to these provisions to remain within California during periods of injury or illness, unless the governing board authorizes travel outside the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 915"
citation: "California AB 915 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public education employees: industrial accident or illness leaves of absence: travel restriction."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holden"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 18
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2015-02-26"
last_action: "2015-07-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2b4f16b-957d-4bae-a768-22bdf647cc9d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB915"
source_hash: "d84e9159b225f50cf3d8c2aeef831cb67b81ec925268aac5504e58a74728fd16"
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 915 (20152016) — Public education employees: industrial accident or illness leaves of absence: travel restriction.

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to provide by rules and regulations for industrial accident or illness leaves of absence for employees who are a part of the classified service and for all certificated employees. Existing law requires the governing board of a community college district to provide by rules and regulations for industrial accident or illness leaves of absence for employees who are part of the classified service and for all academic employees. Existing law requires an employee receiving benefits pursuant to these provisions to remain within California during periods of injury or illness, unless the governing board authorizes travel outside the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB915&version=20150AB91599INT)
2. **03/19/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB915&version=20150AB91598AMD)
3. **07/06/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB915&version=20150AB91596CHP)
4. **AB915** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB915)
5. **06/24/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB915&version=20150AB91597ENR)

## Votes

- AB 915 HOLDEN Assembly Third Reading — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB915 Holden By Monning — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Holden — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
- **2015-03-16** Referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-19** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2015-03-23** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on INS. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-06** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 6). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 1440.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-05-28** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-06-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1545.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-06-23** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2015-06-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
- **2015-07-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-07-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 58, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2b4f16b-957d-4bae-a768-22bdf647cc9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).