Unlawful employment practice: California Family Rights Act.
Existing law, the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act, commonly known as the California Family Rights Act, makes it an unlawful employment practice for a government employer or any employer with 50 or more employees, as specified, to refuse to grant a request by an employee, who has at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the previous 12-month period, to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid protected leave during any 12-month period to bond with a new child of the employee or to care for themselves, a child, a parent, or a spouse, as specified. Existing law authorizes an employer to refuse to grant the request if the employer employs less than 50 employees within 75 miles of the worksite where the employee is employed or if the employee is a salaried employee who is among the highest paid 10% of the employer's employees, as provided. Existing law, if both parents of a child are employed by the same employer, authorizes the employer to only grant both employees a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid protected leave during the 12-month period.
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SB 1383
California SB 1383 (20192020)
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Unlawful employment practice: California Family Rights Act.
California SB 1383 (20192020) — Unlawful employment practice: California Family Rights Act.
Existing law, the Moore-Brown-Roberti Family Rights Act, commonly known as the California Family Rights Act, makes it an unlawful employment practice for a government employer or any employer with 50 or more employees, as specified, to refuse to grant a request by an employee, who has at least 1,250 hours of service with the employer during the previous 12-month period, to take up to 12 workweeks of unpaid protected leave during any 12-month period to bond with a new child of the employee or to care for themselves, a child, a parent, or a spouse, as specified. Existing law authorizes an employer to refuse to grant the request if the employer employs less than 50 employees within 75 miles of the worksite where the employee is employed or if the employee is a salaried employee who is among the highest paid 10% of the employer's employees, as provided. Existing law, if both parents of a child are employed by the same employer, authorizes the employer to only grant both employees a total of 12 workweeks of unpaid protected leave during the 12-month period.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1383 Jackson Senate Third Reading By Gonzalez — 46–16 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading SB1383 Jackson et al. — 21–12 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Jackson — primary (person)
Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Chiu — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
Leyva — coauthor (person)
Limón — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2020-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2020-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2020-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2020-03-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-05-08 Set for hearing May 14 in L., P.E. & R. pending receipt.
2020-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2020-05-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-05-26 Set for hearing June 1.
2020-06-02 Hearing rescheduled due to Capitol closure.
2020-06-03 Set for hearing June 9.
2020-06-09 June 9 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2020-06-11 Set for hearing June 18.
2020-06-18 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3771.) (June 18). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2020-06-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-23 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-23 Ordered to second reading.
2020-06-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-24 (Corrected June 24).
2020-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
2020-06-24 Joint Rules 61 and 62 suspended.
2020-06-24 (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 3815.)
2020-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on B. & F.R. referral-committee
2020-06-24 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 8. Page 3829.) (June 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-06-29 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-29 Ordered to second reading.
2020-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-07-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 3930.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-07-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2020-07-27 Assembly Rule 56 suspended.
2020-07-27 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2020-07-30 Coauthors revised.
2020-07-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-18 August 18 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2020-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (August 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-31 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 46. Noes 16. Page 5509.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-31 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2020-09-08 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2020-09-17 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-17 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 86, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fa255696-3782-4e0f-b0c4-d8d59e42c71c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).