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Bill	Public school employees: former or current members of the Armed Forces of the United States or California National Guard: leave of absence for illness or injury.	(1) Existing law requires a certificated employee hired on or after January 1, 2017, who is a military veteran with a military service-connected disability rated at 30% or more by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be entitled to a leave of absence for illness or injury with pay of up to 10 days for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for his or her military service-connected disability, as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	SB 731	California SB 731 (20172018)	bill	Public school employees: former or current members of the Armed Forces of the United States or California National Guard: leave of absence for illness or injury.	enacted	Newman	8	26	5	2017-02-17	2017-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/c21b9991-e520-453c-acd9-f0b4ed91af5a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731	427f3c872ff6735ae3c67fd7512303e2761ee5149ceb1bf8e02d695fc1322a26	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 731 (20172018) — Public school employees: former or current members of the Armed Forces of the United States or California National Guard: leave of absence for illness or injury.

(1) Existing law requires a certificated employee hired on or after January 1, 2017, who is a military veteran with a military service-connected disability rated at 30% or more by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be entitled to a leave of absence for illness or injury with pay of up to 10 days for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for his or her military service-connected disability, as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/03/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/17/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB731 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/19/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd SB731 Newman et al. — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB731 Newman et al. Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 16–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 731 Newman Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — 79–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Newman — primary (person)
• Jackson — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-17 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2017-03-09 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. referral-committee
• 2017-03-10 Set for hearing March 28.
• 2017-03-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 540.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on ED. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2017-05-02 From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 848.) (April 26). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-05-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-05-03 Published May 3 at 9 p.m.
• 2017-05-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 990.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-09 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2017-05-26 Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. referral-committee
• 2017-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-07-05 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-07-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
• 2017-08-23 August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2017-09-01 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-05 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
• 2017-09-06 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3252.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-14 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2017-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2930.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 597, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c21b9991-e520-453c-acd9-f0b4ed91af5a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).