Classified school district and community college employees: compulsory leaves of absence: compensation.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications, and requires the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions that are not academic. For those employees, known as the classified service, existing law authorizes those governing boards to grant leaves of absence and vacations with or without pay.
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California Legislature
20232024
AB 472
California AB 472 (20232024)
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Classified school district and community college employees
California AB 472 (20232024) — Classified school district and community college employees: compulsory leaves of absence: compensation.
Existing law requires the governing board of a school district to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications, and requires the governing board of a community college district to employ persons for positions that are not academic. For those employees, known as the classified service, existing law authorizes those governing boards to grant leaves of absence and vacations with or without pay.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB472 Wicks et al. By Portantino — 31–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass — 4–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 11–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · lower
AB 472 Wicks Assembly Third Reading — 66–8 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wicks — primary (person)
McKinnor — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-02-06 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2023-02-07 From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
2023-02-17 Referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2023-03-22 Coauthors revised.
2023-03-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2023-04-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2023-05-03 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-05-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 8. Page 1987.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-06-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2023-06-14 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and APPR. referral-committee
2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 12). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-07-13 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2023-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 31. Noes 8. Page 2414.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
2023-09-06 In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. committee-passage
2023-09-13 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2023-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2023-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 331, Statutes of 2023. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e3a3352d-49fb-4ee7-a6a9-b08bb8f79598. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).