republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-2011.md

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags

type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	Unlawful employment practices: small employer family leave mediation program: reproductive loss leave.	Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, establishes the Civil Rights Department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to enforcement of civil rights laws with respect to housing and employment. Existing law requires the department to create a small employer family leave mediation pilot program for the resolution of alleged violations of prescribed provisions on family care and medical and bereavement leave, applicable to employers with between 5 and 19 employees. Existing law requires the department to generally initiate the mediation within 60 days following a request, prohibits an employee from pursuing a civil action until the mediation is complete or the mediation is deemed unsuccessful, and tolls the statute of limitations applicable to the employee's claim, including for all related claims not subject to mediation, from the date of receipt of a request to participate in the program until the mediation is complete or the mediation is deemed unsuccessful. Under existing law, the mediation is deemed complete when one of specified events occurs, including that the mediator determines that the core facts of the employee's complaint are unrelated to the specified family care and medical and bereavement leave provisions. Existing law repeals the pilot program on January 1, 2025.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2011	California AB 2011 (20232024)	bill	Unlawful employment practices reproductive loss leave small employer family leave mediation program	enacted	Bauer-Kahan	5	22	8	2024-01-31	2024-07-18	openstates	ocd-bill/a29e33ae-76cb-4d02-a087-db79772960b1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2011	5294310cf10a3a30b176669e04a3538892a5720d69a67f2498c0a46107cbb93f	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2011 (20232024) — Unlawful employment practices: small employer family leave mediation program: reproductive loss leave.

Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, establishes the Civil Rights Department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to enforcement of civil rights laws with respect to housing and employment. Existing law requires the department to create a small employer family leave mediation pilot program for the resolution of alleged violations of prescribed provisions on family care and medical and bereavement leave, applicable to employers with between 5 and 19 employees. Existing law requires the department to generally initiate the mediation within 60 days following a request, prohibits an employee from pursuing a civil action until the mediation is complete or the mediation is deemed unsuccessful, and tolls the statute of limitations applicable to the employee's claim, including for all related claims not subject to mediation, from the date of receipt of a request to participate in the program until the mediation is complete or the mediation is deemed unsuccessful. Under existing law, the mediation is deemed complete when one of specified events occurs, including that the mediator determines that the core facts of the employee's complaint are unrelated to the specified family care and medical and bereavement leave provisions. Existing law repeals the pilot program on January 1, 2025.

Version chain

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

1. 01/31/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/13/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/18/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB2011 (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/08/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Consent Calendar 2nd AB2011 Bauer-Kahan et al. — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2011 Bauer-Kahan Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2011 Bauer-Kahan Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 71–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Bauer-Kahan — primary (person)
• Blanca Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
• Rubio — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-31 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
• 2024-02-12 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-14 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-03-19 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-03-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-04-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-04-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-01 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2024-05-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-25 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-27 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-07-03 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6159.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-07-18 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
• 2024-07-18 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-07-18 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a29e33ae-76cb-4d02-a087-db79772960b1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).