republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-1312.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "State public employees: sick leave: veterans with service-related disabilities."
description: "Existing law, the California Wounded Warriors Transitional Leave Act, grants a state officer or employee who is a veteran hired on or after January 1, 2016, with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, an additional credit for sick leave with pay of up to 96 hours for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for his or her military service-related disability. Existing law requires that the sick leave be credited to a qualifying officer or employee on the first day of employment and remain available for use for the following 12 months of employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 1312"
citation: "California SB 1312 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State public employees: sick leave: veterans with service-related disabilities."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/842fda49-7152-4ff2-bba9-7f1116e4b5f0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1312"
source_hash: "49a24365e343048d84351c528717e7add1ecd91f33a617a3bc3d77a34c58ac61"
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 SB 1312 (20172018) — State public employees: sick leave: veterans with service-related disabilities.

Existing law, the California Wounded Warriors Transitional Leave Act, grants a state officer or employee who is a veteran hired on or after January 1, 2016, with a service-connected disability rated at 30% or more by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, an additional credit for sick leave with pay of up to 96 hours for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for his or her military service-related disability. Existing law requires that the sick leave be credited to a qualifying officer or employee on the first day of employment and remain available for use for the following 12 months of employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1312&version=20170SB131299INT)
2. **04/16/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1312&version=20170SB131298AMD)
3. **06/20/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1312&version=20170SB131297AMD)
4. **09/18/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1312&version=20170SB131295CHP)
5. **SB1312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1312)
6. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB1312&version=20170SB131296ENR)

## Votes

- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB1312 Jackson et al. Concurrence — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Veterans Affairs] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent SB1312 — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 1312 Jackson Senate Third Reading By GLORIA — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Employment and Retirement] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-20** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Set for hearing April 10.
- **2018-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P.E. & R. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4629.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-12** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2018-04-16** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4789.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-04** Set for hearing May 14.
- **2018-05-14** May 14 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-05-18** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 4308.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4456.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-14** Referred to Coms. on P.E., R., & S.S. and V.A. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on V.A. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on V.A. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-08-08** August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2018-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (August 16). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-08-16** Coauthors revised.
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6599.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2018-08-28** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 5866.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2018-09-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 516, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/842fda49-7152-4ff2-bba9-7f1116e4b5f0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).