Employees: meal periods: stationary engineers.
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.
Bill status
passed both
4 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Jun 2026
Assembly Passage
May 2026
Senate Passage
Aug 2026
Governor
Introduced Feb 18, 2026
Last action Aug 26, 2026
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Floor votes · Senate Aug 26, 2026 · Assembly May 14, 2026
How they voted
40–0
Passed
Total votes 40
Aug 26, 2026
D
Democratic30
100% Yea
R
Republican10
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
19
Key actions
9
Committee
7
Amendments
3
Aug 26, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.).
lower
Aug 26, 2026
Introduced
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
lower
Aug 26, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0.).
upper
Aug 21, 2026
Upper · Passed
Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
upper
Jun 22, 2026
Upper · Passed
From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar.
upper
Jun 10, 2026
Upper · Passed
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.
upper
May 27, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
upper
May 14, 2026
Lower · Passed
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 5054.)
lower
May 6, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 6).
lower
Apr 23, 2026
Lower · Passed
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.
lower
Mar 2, 2026
Committee
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
lower
Feb 19, 2026
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Chris Rogers
DDemocratic
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