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California bills · 2025-2026 Regular Session

California AB 2134

City council members: absences without permission.

  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 provides that if a city council member is absent without permission from all regular city council meetings for a specified number of days from the last regular meeting they attended, their office becomes vacant and shall be filled as any other vacancy. This bill would require a city to establish a process for a city council member to notify the city clerk or other designated official in writing that they are taking parental leave, as defined, for 12 workweeks or longer if the city council member's city provides a parental leave period longer than 12 workweeks for their employees. The bill would exclude parental leave from counting toward the number of allowed absences allotted to each council member. The bill would prohibit the process from requiring a council member to make the declaration at a public hearing. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. Existing constitutional provisions require that a statute that limits the right of access to the meetings of public bodies or the writings of public officials and agencies be adopted with findings demonstrating the interest protected by the limitation and the need for protecting that interest. This bill would make legislative findings to that effect.

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Roll-call votes

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

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Aug 3, 2026
House		AB 2134 Addis Concurrence in Senate AmendmentspassSet your home in California to see
Jul 2, 2026
Senate		Consent Calendar 2nd AB2134 Addis et al.passSet your home in California to see
Jun 23, 2026
Senate		Do pass as amended, and be ordered to the Consent CalendarpassSet your home in California to see
Jun 10, 2026
Senate		Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]passSet your home in California to see
May 11, 2026
House		AB 2134 Addis Assembly Third ReadingpassSet your home in California to see
Apr 29, 2026
House		Do pass as amended.passSet your home in California to see

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