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California 20252026

AB 2078

Employees: meal periods: stationary engineers.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-21 05:11:39 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
lower
Classification
bill
Subjects
Employees, mealperiods, stationaryengineers
Introduced / first action
2026-02-18 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

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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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 287, Statutes of 2026.

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  2. Approved by the Governor.

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  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

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  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6639.).

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  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).

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  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  9. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. From Consent Calendar.

  11. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  12. From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  13. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  15. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  16. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5054.)

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  17. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

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  18. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).

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  19. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  20. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

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  21. From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  22. Read first time. To print.

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