Patrick Ahrens
- Democratic
- Assemblymember
- District 26
Author
Existing law sets forth various provisions on the wearing of a mask for health purposes. These circumstances include, among others, a statewide stockpile of personal protective equipment (PPE) in the event of a pandemic, wildfire smoke event, or other health emergency; employer-supplied PPE to employees who provide direct patient care in a general acute care hospital; employees of commercial cannabis businesses wearing a mask for respiration; and providing peace officers with an appropriate portable manual mask and airway assembly for use when applying cardiopulmonary resuscitation to prevent the spread of communicable disease. Under this bill, an individual would have the right to wear a health mask on their face in a public place for the purpose of protecting their individual health or the public health, with regard to communicable disease, air quality, or other health factors. The bill would define a health mask and a public place for purposes of this provision. Under the bill, the above-described right would not be construed as limiting or otherwise modifying the application or implementation of certain requirements for the removal of a health mask relating to, among other contexts, security protocols to identify an individual, essential functions in the workplace, or emergency health care protocols, as specified, without limiting certain nondiscrimination protections on the basis of disability or medical condition.
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
Vetoed by Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 66. Noes 3. Page 3125.).
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 1. Page 2590.).
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15).
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 58. Noes 2. Page 1481.)
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 2.) (April 29).
Re-referred to Com. on HEALTH. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
Read first time.
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
Introduced. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| AB1326 | HTML |
| 02/21/25 - Introduced | |
| 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 04/03/25 - Amended Assembly | |
| 08/20/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/02/25 - Amended Senate | |
| 09/11/25 - Enrolled |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/26/25- Assembly Health | |
| 05/02/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 06/16/25- Senate Health | |
| 07/11/25- Senate Judiciary | |
| 08/21/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/03/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 09/09/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 10/23/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS |
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