Peace officers: injury or illness: leaves of absence.
Summary
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system, which generally requires employers to secure the payment of workers' compensation for injuries incurred by their employees that arise out of and in the course of their employment. Existing law entitles, among others, local law enforcement and probation officers and firefighters employed on a regular full-time basis to a leave of absence without loss of salary while disabled by injury or illness arising out of and in the course of their duties. Existing law provides that a leave of absence under those provisions is in lieu of temporary disability payments or maintenance allowance payments otherwise payable under the workers' compensation system. This bill would expand these provisions to entitle specified peace officers who are employed on a regular, full-time basis by a county of the eighth class, as defined, to this leave of absence.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Dec 2024
Committee Review
Aug 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Assembly Passage
Aug 2025
Signed into Law
Oct 2025
Introduced Dec 2, 2024
Signed Oct 13, 2025
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Floor votes · Senate May 27, 2025 · Assembly Aug 28, 2025
How they voted
39–0
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 40
May 27, 2025
D
Democratic30
96% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
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Actions timeline
Total actions
16
Key actions
7
Committee
4
Amendments
2
Oct 13, 2025
Signed into law
Approved by the Governor.
legislature
Aug 28, 2025
Upper · Passed
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
upper
Aug 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2770.) Ordered to the Senate.
lower
Jul 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 9).
lower
Jun 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on INS.
lower
May 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1236.) Ordered to the Assembly.
upper
Mar 27, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading.
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 567.) (March 26).
upper
Jan 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
upper
Dec 2, 2024
Introduced
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
upper
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
Sponsors
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