Rebecca Bauer-Kahan
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 16
Author
Existing law, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, establishes the Civil Rights Department within the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency and sets forth its powers and duties relating to enforcement of civil rights laws with respect to housing and employment. Existing law requires the department to create a small employer family leave mediation pilot program for the resolution of alleged violations of prescribed provisions on family care and medical and bereavement leave, applicable to employers with between 5 and 19 employees. Existing law requires the department to generally initiate the mediation within 60 days following a request, prohibits an employee from pursuing a civil action until the mediation is complete or the mediation is deemed unsuccessful, and tolls the statute of limitations applicable to the employee's claim, including for all related claims not subject to mediation, from the date of receipt of a request to participate in the program until the mediation is complete or the mediation is deemed unsuccessful. Under existing law, the mediation is deemed complete when one of specified events occurs, including that the mediator determines that the core facts of the employee's complaint are unrelated to the specified family care and medical and bereavement leave provisions. Existing law repeals the pilot program on January 1, 2025. This bill would expand the program to include resolution of alleged violations of prescribed provisions on reproductive loss leave. In relation to the above-described provisions regarding the statute of limitations, the bill would additionally toll the statute of limitations applicable to an employee's claim relating to an alleged violation of specified provisions on reproductive loss leave, as provided. The bill would also deem the mediation to be complete if the mediator determines that the employer does not have between 5 and 19 employees, except as specified. The bill would delete the repeal date for the pilot program, thereby extending operation of the program indefinitely, and would make conforming changes.
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 147, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12:30 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 6159.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L., P.E. & R.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0.)
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (April 10).
Coauthors revised.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (March 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
Read first time. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB2011 | HTML |
| 01/31/24 - Introduced | |
| 05/13/24 - Amended Senate | |
| 07/08/24 - Enrolled | |
| 07/18/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 03/11/24- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 03/15/24- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 04/08/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 05/31/24- Senate Judiciary | |
| 06/11/24- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 06/25/24- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/28/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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