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Bill	Paid family leave: qualifying exigency.	Existing law establishes within the state disability insurance program a family temporary disability insurance program, also known as the Paid Family Leave program, for the provision of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, as specified, and, on and after January 1, 2021, to take time off to participate in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of the individuals' spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent in the Armed Forces of the United States. Existing law defines terms for paid family leave purposes, including defining the terms "care recipient," "care provider," and "family care leave."	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 2399	California AB 2399 (20192020)	bill	Paid family leave: qualifying exigency.	enacted	Committee on Insurance	4	15	4	2020-02-18	2020-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/719032d2-ed35-42ff-9b4a-47df242371d5	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2399	b18f76f621a88919392aaf9185182124f99a3cdc1b5d5ae87d9b9975ea0ddea4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2399 (20192020) — Paid family leave: qualifying exigency.

Existing law establishes within the state disability insurance program a family temporary disability insurance program, also known as the Paid Family Leave program, for the provision of wage replacement benefits to workers who take time off work to care for a seriously ill family member or to bond with a minor child within one year of birth or placement, as specified, and, on and after January 1, 2021, to take time off to participate in a qualifying exigency related to the covered active duty or call to covered active duty of the individuals' spouse, domestic partner, child, or parent in the Armed Forces of the United States. Existing law defines terms for paid family leave purposes, including defining the terms "care recipient," "care provider," and "family care leave."

Version chain

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

1. 02/18/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 09/30/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. AB2399 (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/31/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 2399 INS. Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Consent Calendar AB2399 INS. — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Insurance — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-18 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
• 2020-03-12 Referred to Com. on INS. referral-committee
• 2020-05-07 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 7). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4602.) passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-05-27 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-06-23 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2020-08-06 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 5). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2020-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 4374.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-28 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
• 2020-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2020-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 348, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/719032d2-ed35-42ff-9b4a-47df242371d5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).