republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/sb-95.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: COVID-19: supplemental paid sick leave."
description: "Existing law, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, entitles an employee who works in California for the same employer for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of employment to paid sick days. Under existing law, an employee accrues paid sick days at a rate of not less than one hour per every 30 hours worked, subject to certain use, accrual, and yearly carryover limitations. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to enforce the act and provides for procedures, including investigation and hearing, and for remedies and penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 95"
citation: "California SB 95 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Employment: COVID-19: supplemental paid sick leave."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Skinner"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6de5103a-bc0e-4806-9edc-96700decc1e3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95"
source_hash: "affcfe6e4e4b32659bc83c97d909711972cd7d98ab2b31a31e69c3f68b54d9a6"
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 95 (20212022) — Employment: COVID-19: supplemental paid sick leave.

Existing law, the Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act of 2014, entitles an employee who works in California for the same employer for 30 or more days within a year from the commencement of employment to paid sick days. Under existing law, an employee accrues paid sick days at a rate of not less than one hour per every 30 hours worked, subject to certain use, accrual, and yearly carryover limitations. Existing law requires the Labor Commissioner to enforce the act and provides for procedures, including investigation and hearing, and for remedies and penalties.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95&version=20210SB9599INT)
2. **02/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95&version=20210SB9598AMD)
3. **03/15/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95&version=20210SB9597AMD)
4. **03/19/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95&version=20210SB9595CHP)
5. **SB95** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95)
6. **03/18/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB95&version=20210SB9596ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB95 — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB95 Skinner Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- SB 95 Skinner Senate Third Reading By TING — **57–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Skinner — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-12-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 22. Noes 8. Page 76.)
- **2021-01-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-01-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 91.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 328.)
- **2021-02-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Assembly Rule 63 and 96 suspended. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 645.)
- **2021-03-15** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-03-15** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-03-15** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 57. Noes 19. Page 650.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-03-18** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 546.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
- **2021-03-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-03-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 13, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6de5103a-bc0e-4806-9edc-96700decc1e3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).