republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-221.md

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Bill	State public employees: sick leave: veterans with service-related disabilities.	Existing law prescribes the general workweek policy for state employees, subject to specified exceptions, and the terms and conditions for accrual of vacation and sick leave. Existing law generally provides that a state officer or employee who is employed full time accrues one day of credit for sick leave for each calendar month of service. Existing law requires that if these provisions conflict with an adopted memorandum of understanding, the memorandum of understanding controls, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	SB 221	California SB 221 (20152016)	bill	State public employees: sick leave: veterans with service-related disabilities.	enacted	Jackson	6	28	10	2015-02-12	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a5d5ce5e-0d4a-4df5-a137-fdae099d895f	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB221	9704b07f74dbf133abff31141f2b3186706e832972f3b9b544ae49814bdc432a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 221 (20152016) — State public employees: sick leave: veterans with service-related disabilities.

Existing law prescribes the general workweek policy for state employees, subject to specified exceptions, and the terms and conditions for accrual of vacation and sick leave. Existing law generally provides that a state officer or employee who is employed full time accrues one day of credit for sick leave for each calendar month of service. Existing law requires that if these provisions conflict with an adopted memorandum of understanding, the memorandum of understanding controls, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/12/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/20/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/09/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB221 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Employment and Retirement] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB221 Jackson Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 17–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 221 Jackson Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 40–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jackson — primary (person)
• Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
• Mathis — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-12 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2015-02-13 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 15.
• 2015-02-26 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2015-03-27 Set for hearing April 14.
• 2015-04-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 596.) (April 14). Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-17 Set for hearing April 27.
• 2015-04-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 797.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-01 Set for hearing May 11.
• 2015-05-11 May 11 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-05-23 Set for hearing May 28.
• 2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 1149.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 1198.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2015-06-15 Referred to Coms. on P.E., R., & S.S. and V.A. referral-committee
• 2015-06-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-01 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-07-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 July 15 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2015-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-08-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 2720.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-09-01 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2015-09-02 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2423.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 794, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a5d5ce5e-0d4a-4df5-a137-fdae099d895f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).