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type: "Bill"
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title: "State holidays: Diwali."
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description: "Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law designates holidays on which community colleges and public schools are authorized to close pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the governing board and represented employees, including \"Native American Day\" on the 4th Friday in September. Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, and authorizes certain community college and public school employees, to be given time off with pay for specified holidays, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "AB 268"
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citation: "California AB 268 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Diwali", "Stateholidays"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kalra"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 26
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-01-17"
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last_action: "2025-10-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/141e83b2-c3de-41e7-b7ba-2e1272a595d1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB268"
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source_hash: "4473d7573306777c27b9a1dc50c667a50619d425598e1e61233b876c0370ca29"
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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 268 (20252026) — State holidays: Diwali.
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Existing law designates specific days as holidays in this state. Existing law designates holidays on which community colleges and public schools are authorized to close pursuant to a memorandum of understanding between the governing board and represented employees, including "Native American Day" on the 4th Friday in September. Existing law entitles state employees, with specified exceptions, and authorizes certain community college and public school employees, to be given time off with pay for specified holidays, 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. **01/17/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB268&version=20250AB26899INT)
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2. **03/13/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB268&version=20250AB26898AMD)
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3. **06/13/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB268&version=20250AB26897AMD)
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4. **10/06/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB268&version=20250AB26895CHP)
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5. **AB268** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB268)
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6. **09/15/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB268&version=20250AB26896ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Education] — **13–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **14–0** (pass) · lower
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- AB 268 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — **78–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Public Employment and Retirement] — **19–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB268 Kalra et al. By Allen — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 268 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **76–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Kalra — primary (person)
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- Ahrens — coauthor (person)
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- Allen — principal coauthor (person)
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- Bains — coauthor (person)
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- Cortese — coauthor (person)
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- Fong — coauthor (person)
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- Gipson — coauthor (person)
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- Lee — coauthor (person)
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- Patel — author (person)
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- Wahab — coauthor (person)
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- Ward — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2025-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
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- **2025-03-13** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and P. E. & R. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** 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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- **2025-03-17** Re-referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. E. & R. (Ayes 19. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-23** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-07** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1817.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-11** Referred to Coms. on G.O. and ED. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on ED. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on ED. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-18** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 2796.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-10** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-11** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 3290.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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- **2025-10-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-06** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 358, Statutes of 2025. `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/141e83b2-c3de-41e7-b7ba-2e1272a595d1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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