republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-472.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Classified school district and community college employees: compulsory leaves of absence: compensation."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 472"
citation: "California AB 472 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Classified school district and community college employees", "compensation", "compulsory leaves of absence"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wicks"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-06"
last_action: "2023-10-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e3a3352d-49fb-4ee7-a6a9-b08bb8f79598"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB472"
source_hash: "f3b60717ab3bd4c54a39c965185d7e459c7099fa323c35a6bb16c5b634da62c9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# 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.

1. **02/06/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB472&version=20230AB47299INT)
2. **05/18/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB472&version=20230AB47298AMD)
3. **10/07/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB472&version=20230AB47296CHP)
4. **AB472** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB472)
5. **09/08/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB472&version=20230AB47297ENR)

## Votes

- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e3a3352d-49fb-4ee7-a6a9-b08bb8f79598`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).