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type: "Bill"
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title: "Lunar New Year holiday."
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description: "Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law requires the Governor annually to proclaim the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary month intervene, as the \"Lunar New Year.\" Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, to elect to receive 8 hours of holiday credit for \"Native American Day,\" in lieu of receiving 8 hours of personal holiday credit, and to elect to use 8 hours of vacation, annual leave, or compensating time off, consistent with departmental operational needs and collective bargaining agreements, for \"Native American Day,\" as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "AB 2596"
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citation: "California AB 2596 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Lunar New Year holiday."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Low"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 9
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first_action: "2022-02-18"
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last_action: "2022-09-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1763ab7-58a2-4c6e-a8c2-9aaaabee4b59"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596"
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source_hash: "74460a0ba419cb4075cb5f61044f46489f25f27d4f9f8f3971fc06065f0201d0"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 2596 (20212022) — Lunar New Year holiday.
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Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law requires the Governor annually to proclaim the date corresponding with the second new moon following the winter solstice, or the third new moon following the winter solstice should an intercalary month intervene, as the "Lunar New Year." Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, to elect to receive 8 hours of holiday credit for "Native American Day," in lieu of receiving 8 hours of personal holiday credit, and to elect to use 8 hours of vacation, annual leave, or compensating time off, consistent with departmental operational needs and collective bargaining agreements, for "Native American Day," as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/22 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259699INT)
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2. **03/24/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259698AMD)
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3. **05/19/22 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259697AMD)
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4. **08/11/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259696AMD)
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5. **08/22/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259695AMD)
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6. **08/25/22 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259694AMD)
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7. **09/29/22 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259692CHP)
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8. **AB2596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596)
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9. **09/02/22 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2596&version=20210AB259693ENR)
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## Votes
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- AB 2596 Low Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **77–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Governmental Organization] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 2596 Low Assembly Third Reading — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **22–0** (pass) · lower
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- Special Consent AB2596 — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Low — primary (person)
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- Berman — coauthor (person)
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- Blanca Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Carrillo — author (person)
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- Chen — author (person)
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- Choi — author (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — author (person)
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- Gabriel — author (person)
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- Gipson — author (person)
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- Irwin — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — author (person)
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- Lee — author (person)
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- Maienschein — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — author (person)
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- Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Fong — author (person)
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- Min — principal coauthor (person)
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- Mullin — coauthor (person)
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- Newman — coauthor (person)
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- Nguyen — author (person)
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- Pan — principal coauthor (person)
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- Petrie-Norris — coauthor (person)
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- Portantino — coauthor (person)
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- Quirk-Silva — author (person)
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- Rubio — coauthor (person)
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- Santiago — coauthor (person)
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- Ting — author (person)
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- Umberg — coauthor (person)
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- Wicks — author (person)
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- Wiener — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-02-18** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
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- **2022-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
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- **2022-03-24** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-24** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on G.O. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-03-28** Re-referred to Coms. on P.E. & R. and G.O. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on G.O. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-04-28** Coauthors revised.
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- **2022-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-11** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-05-19** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 19). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2022-05-19** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-05-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4998.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2022-06-08** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-06-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-02** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2022-08-11** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
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- **2022-08-11** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2022-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-29** Measure version as amended on August 25 corrected. `amendment-passage`
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- **2022-08-30** Ordered to special consent calendar.
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- **2022-08-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 5368.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2022-08-31** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2022-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2022-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 792, Statutes of 2022. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1763ab7-58a2-4c6e-a8c2-9aaaabee4b59`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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