CA AB2156 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Assembly Bill 2156

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Broadly Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 26 2026 - 100% progression
Action: 2026-03-26 - Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2026.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Sections 6700 and 6717 of the Government Code, relating to state holidays, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.

Title

Holidays: Farmworkers Day.

Sponsors

Asm. Robert Rivas [D]	Sen. Monique Limon [D]	Asm. Dawn Addis [D]	Asm. Cecilia Aguiar-Curry [D]
Asm. Patrick Ahrens [D]	Asm. Juan Alanis [R]	Sen. Benjamin Allen [D]	Sen. Marie Alvarado-Gil [R]
Asm. David Alvarez [D]	Asm. Joaquin Arambula [D]	Sen. Bob Archuleta [D]	Sen. Jesse Arreguin [D]
Sen. Angelique Ashby [D]	Asm. Jasmeet Bains [D]	Asm. Rebecca Bauer-Kahan [D]	Sen. Josh Becker [D]
Asm. Steve Bennett [D]	Asm. Marc Berman [D]	Sen. Catherine Blakespear [D]	Asm. Blanca Rubio [D]
Asm. Tasha Boerner Horvath [D]	Asm. Mia Bonta [D]	Asm. Isaac Bryan [D]	Sen. Christopher Cabaldon [D]
Sen. Anna Caballero [D]	Asm. Lisa Calderon [D]	Asm. Jessica Caloza [D]	Asm. Juan Carrillo [D]
Asm. Leticia Castillo [R]	Asm. Celeste Rodriguez [D]	Sen. Sabrina Cervantes [D]	Asm. Phillip Chen [R]
Sen. Steven Choi [R]	Asm. Damon Connolly [D]	Sen. Dave Cortese [D]	Sen. Megan Dahle [R]
Asm. Laurie Davies [R]	Asm. Carl DeMaio [R]	Asm. Diane Dixon [R]	Sen. Maria Durazo [D]
Asm. Sade Elhawary [D]	Asm. Stan Ellis [R]	Asm. Heath Flora [R]	Asm. Mike Fong [D]
Asm. Jesse Gabriel [D]	Asm. James Gallagher [R]	Asm. Robert Garcia [D]	Asm. Mike Gipson [D]
Sen. Lena Gonzalez [D]	Sen. Tim Grayson [D]	Sen. Shannon Grove [R]	Asm. Heather Hadwick [R]
Asm. Matt Haney [D]	Asm. John Harabedian [D]	Asm. Gregg Hart [D]	Asm. Josh Hoover [R]
Sen. Melissa Hurtado [D]	Asm. Jacqui Irwin [D]	Asm. Corey Jackson [D]	Asm. Jeff Gonzalez [R]
Asm. Natasha Johnson [R]	Sen. Brian Jones [R]	Asm. Ash Kalra [D]	Asm. Maggy Krell [D]
Asm. Tom Lackey [R]	Sen. John Laird [D]	Asm. Alex Lee [D]	Asm. Josh Lowenthal [D]
Asm. Alexandra Macedo [R]	Asm. Mark Gonzalez [D]	Sen. Mike McGuire [D]	Asm. Tina McKinnor [D]
Sen. Jerry McNerney [D]	Sen. Caroline Menjivar [D]	Asm. Michelle Rodriguez [D]	Asm. Al Muratsuchi [D]
Asm. Stephanie Nguyen [D]	Sen. Roger Niello [R]	Sen. Rosilicie Ochoa Bogh [R]	Asm. Liz Ortega [D]
Asm. Blanca Pacheco [D]	Sen. Steve Padilla [D]	Asm. Diane Papan [D]	Asm. Darshana Patel [D]
Asm. Joe Patterson [R]	Asm. Gail Pellerin [D]	Asm. Cottie Petrie-Norris [D]	Sen. Sasha Renee Perez [D]
Asm. Sharon Quirk-Silva [D]	Asm. James Ramos [D]	Asm. Rhodesia Ransom [D]	Sen. Eloise Reyes [D]
Sen. Laura Richardson [D]	Asm. Chris Rogers [D]	Sen. Susan Rubio [D]	Asm. Kate Sanchez [R]
Asm. Pilar Schiavo [D]	Asm. Nick Schultz [D]	Sen. Kelly Seyarto [R]	Asm. LaShae Sharp-Collins [D]
Sen. Lola Smallwood-Cuevas [D]	Asm. Jose Solache [D]	Asm. Esmeralda Soria [D]	Asm. Catherine Stefani [D]
Sen. Henry Stern [D]	Sen. Tony Strickland [R]	Asm. Tri Ta [R]	Asm. David Tangipa [R]
Sen. Tom Umberg [D]	Asm. Avelino Valencia [D]	Sen. Suzette Valladares [R]	Sen. Aisha Wahab [D]
Asm. Greg Wallis [R]	Asm. Chris Ward [D]	Sen. Akilah Weber Pierson [D]	Asm. Buffy Wicks [D]
Sen. Scott Wiener [D]	Asm. Lori Wilson [D]	Asm. Rick Zbur [D]	Asm. Anamarie Farias [D]

Roll Calls

2026-03-26 - Senate - Assembly 3rd Reading AB2156 Rivas et al. By Limón Urgency Clause (Y: 37 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2026-03-24 - Senate - Do pass (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2026-03-23 - Assembly - AB 2156 RIVAS Third Reading Urgency By AGUIAR-CURRY (Y: 70 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 10) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-03-26		Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 7, Statutes of 2026.
2026-03-26		Approved by the Governor.
2026-03-26		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:45 a.m.
2026-03-26	Assembly	In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling.
2026-03-26	Senate	Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 3698.).
2026-03-25	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-03-24	Senate	From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (March 24).
2026-03-23	Senate	Referred to Com. on G.O.
2026-03-23	Senate	Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Page 3636.)
2026-03-23	Senate	In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
2026-03-23	Assembly	Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 4374.).
2026-03-23	Assembly	Ordered to third reading.
2026-03-23	Assembly	Withdrawn from committee.
2026-03-23	Assembly	Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 4368.)
2026-03-23	Assembly	Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 4368.)
2026-03-23	Assembly	Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
2026-03-20	Assembly	From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on TRANS. Read second time and amended.
2026-03-09	Assembly	Referred to Coms. on TRANS. and P. & C.P.
2026-02-19	Assembly	From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
2026-02-18	Assembly	Read first time. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	6700	Amended Code	Citation Text
Government Code	6717	Amended Code	Citation Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
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Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2156#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2156#98AMD
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Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2156#96CHP
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB2156