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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 2078

Employees: meal periods: stationary engineers.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Summary

Official abstract published by the California legislature· summary

Existing law generally prohibits an employer from employing an employee for a work period of more than 5 hours per day without providing the employee with a meal period of not less than 30 minutes. Existing law creates exceptions from this prohibition for employees in specified occupations, including employees of an electrical corporation, a gas corporation, a water corporation, or a local publicly owned electric utility covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement meeting certain conditions. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of these provisions. This bill would also create an exception from the above-described prohibition for employees who perform building maintenance work as a stationary engineer, as defined, covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement meeting certain conditions.

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Roll-call votes

State vote data last updated Oct 15, 2026, 8:04 PM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 26, 2026
Senate		3rd Reading AB2078 Rogers By LairdpassSet your home in California to see
Aug 26, 2026
House		AB 2078 Rogers Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Jun 10, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
May 14, 2026
House		AB 2078 Rogers Consent Calendar Second DaypassSet your home in California to see
May 6, 2026
House		Do pass. To Consent Calendar.passSet your home in California to see
Apr 22, 2026
House		Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see

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