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Bills · 2017-2018 Regular Session

AB 244

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Relating to: creating an optional holiday for state employees to observe the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. (FE)

Holidays and special dates Labor Public employee — Vacations State agencies

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires all state agencies to designate March 31 as “Cesar E. Chavez

Day" in observance of the birthday of Cesar E. Chavez. Under the bill, if March 31

falls on a day on which the offices of a state agency are open, the appointing authority

of the state agency is required to permit any employee of the state agency to receive

that day as a paid holiday in lieu of receiving a paid holiday on one of the other paid

holidays provided to state employees. The bill also provides that the appointing

authority may permit an employee to receive March 31 as a paid holiday only if the

operations of the state agency are maintained at least at a minimum level.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Anderson (D) , Berceau (D) , Bowen (D) , Brostoff (D) , C. Taylor (D) , Crowley (D) , Genrich (D) , Goyke (D) , Kessler (D) , Mason (D) , Ohnstad (D) , Riemer (D) , Sargent (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D) , Wachs (D) , Young (D) , Zamarripa (D) , Zepnick (D)

5 cosponsors

C. Larson (D) , Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , L. Taylor (D) , Wirch (D)

Votes

Suspending the rules (to take a vote immediately) needs a two-thirds majority — a higher bar than passing the bill, which needs a simple majority. That's why a suspension motion can show more Ayes than the passage vote that follows it. Glossary

Assembly: Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59

Failed 34–59 Feb 22, 2018 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Apr 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Zamarripa, Anderson, Berceau, Bowen, Brostoff, Crowley, Genrich, Goyke, Kessler, Mason, Ohnstad, Riemer, Sargent, Sinicki, Spreitzer, C. Taylor, Wachs, Young and Zepnick; cosponsored by Senators C. Larson, Carpenter, Johnson, L. Taylor and Wirch

  2. Apr 14, 2017 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs

  3. May 16, 2017 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Feb 22, 2018 · Assembly

    Refused to suspend rules to withdraw from committee on State Affairs and take up, Ayes 34, Noes 59

  5. Mar 28, 2018 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1