Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons.

The effective date for all new provisions (expanded eligibility, new definitions, new eligibility requirements) was changed from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2028. This appears in Sections 3301(g), 3302(r), and 3303(c).

The state-mandated local program designation was changed from 'no' to 'yes,' because the bill's expansion of the perjury crime (requiring claimants to attest under penalty of perjury about their relationship to a designated person) triggers that classification.

The definition of 'designated person' was simplified: removed the word 'individual' before 'care recipient,' removed 'claimant' before 'individual,' and deleted the sentence stating the designated person may be identified when filing a claim (that requirement was relocated to Section 3303).

The first-time attestation requirement for caring for a designated person (identifying the person and attesting under penalty of perjury to the relationship) was moved from the definition section into the eligibility section (Section 3303(a)(2)(B)), making it a formal eligibility condition rather than part of the definition.

Section 7 corrected a typographical error: 'Section 6 of Article XIIIB of the California Constitution' was changed to 'Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.' This is a correction of the article citation format, not a policy change.

The bill received its chapter number (772), governor approval date (October 13, 2025), and filing date, transitioning it from an enrolled bill to a signed chaptered law.

In the definition of 'designated person,' the term 'employee' was changed to 'employee claimant' in two places: 'whose association with the employee claimant is the equivalent of a family relationship' and 'may be identified by the employee claimant when they file a claim for benefits.' This clarifies that the identification happens at the time of filing a claim.

Gender-neutral pronoun cleanup in Section 3303: 'his or her their' was corrected to 'their,' and 'the directors director' was corrected to 'the director.' These are drafting error fixes.

A likely drafting error appears in the new Section 3301 where 'designated person' is duplicated as 'designated person person.' This was not present in the introduced version.

Principal coauthors (Assembly Members Mark Gonzalez and Wicks) and additional coauthors (Senators Grayson, Ochoa Bogh, Perez, and Umberg; Assembly Members Haney, Ortega, and Ward) were added, indicating broader legislative sponsorship.

The effective date for expanding paid family leave eligibility to include designated persons was delayed by one year, from July 1, 2027 to July 1, 2028.

A new requirement was added: an individual requesting family temporary disability insurance benefits for the first time to care for a designated person must identify that person and, under penalty of perjury, attest to how they are related by blood or how their association is equivalent to a family relationship.

The bill now imposes a state-mandated local program (changed from 'no' to 'yes') because the perjury attestation requirement expands the scope of the crime of perjury, which affects local agencies. The bill also states that no state reimbursement is required for this mandate.

The definition of 'designated person' was revised to specify 'any individual care recipient related by blood or whose association with the claimant individual is the equivalent of a family relationship,' adding the term 'care recipient' and changing 'employee claimant' to 'claimant individual.'