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type: "Bill"
title: "Public school employees: former or current members of the Armed Forces of the United States or California National Guard: leave of absence for illness or injury."
description: "(1) Existing law requires a certificated employee hired on or after January 1, 2017, who is a military veteran with a military service-connected disability rated at 30% or more by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be entitled to a leave of absence for illness or injury with pay of up to 10 days for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for his or her military service-connected disability, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 731"
citation: "California SB 731 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public school employees: former or current members of the Armed Forces of the United States or California National Guard: leave of absence for illness or injury."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Newman"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 26
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-17"
last_action: "2017-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c21b9991-e520-453c-acd9-f0b4ed91af5a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731"
source_hash: "427f3c872ff6735ae3c67fd7512303e2761ee5149ceb1bf8e02d695fc1322a26"
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 SB 731 (20172018) — Public school employees: former or current members of the Armed Forces of the United States or California National Guard: leave of absence for illness or injury.
(1) Existing law requires a certificated employee hired on or after January 1, 2017, who is a military veteran with a military service-connected disability rated at 30% or more by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to be entitled to a leave of absence for illness or injury with pay of up to 10 days for the purpose of undergoing medical treatment for his or her military service-connected disability, as specified.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731&version=20170SB73199INT)
2. **05/03/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731&version=20170SB73198AMD)
3. **07/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731&version=20170SB73197AMD)
4. **07/17/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731&version=20170SB73196AMD)
5. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731&version=20170SB73195AMD)
6. **10/08/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731&version=20170SB73193CHP)
7. **SB731** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731)
8. **09/19/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB731&version=20170SB73194ENR)
## Votes
- Consent Calendar 2nd SB731 Newman et al. — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **70** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB731 Newman et al. Concurrence — **400** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **160** (pass) · lower
- SB 731 Newman Senate Third Reading By IRWIN — **790** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Newman — primary (person)
- Jackson — author (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2017-03-09** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-10** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2017-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 540.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-04** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2017-05-02** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0. Page 848.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-03** Read second time and amended. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-05-03** Published May 3 at 9 p.m.
- **2017-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 990.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-09** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-05-26** Referred to Coms. on V.A. and ED. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on ED. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2017-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3252.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2930.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-21** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5:30 p.m.
- **2017-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 597, Statutes of 2017.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c21b9991-e520-453c-acd9-f0b4ed91af5a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).