State holidays: Native American Day.
Summary
Existing law includes the 4th Friday in September, known as "Native American Day," as a state holiday. This bill would provide that the 4th Friday in September, known as "Native American Day," is a paid holiday for state employees, as specified.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Feb 2026
Assembly Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 20, 2025
Last action Feb 2, 2026
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No substantive policy changes were made between these two versions of AB 989. The differences are entirely presentational: the bill text was reformatted from a traditional printed layout with line numbers into a web-based HTML rendering with navigation elements. The legislative content, including all provisions making Native American Day a paid holiday for state employees, remains identical.
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The bill was reformatted from a printed document layout (with line numbers and page headers) into a web page format with navigation links, search tools, and metadata fields. No changes to the actual statutory language were made.
Floor votes · Assembly Apr 2, 2025
How they voted
20–0
Passed · 2 other
Total votes 22
Apr 2, 2025
D
Democratic16
93% Yea
R
Republican6
83% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
11
Key actions
6
Committee
7
Feb 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56.
lower
May 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
In committee: Held under submission.
lower
May 7, 2025
Committee
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. E. & R. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Assembly · Passed
Assembly Vote: pass (20-0-2)
assembly
Mar 10, 2025
Committee
Referred to Coms. on G.O. and P. E. & R.
lower
Feb 21, 2025
Lower · Passed
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
lower
1 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
James Ramos
DDemocratic
Co
Sabrina Cervantes
DDemocratic
Co
Stephanie Nguyen
DDemocratic
Co
Tina McKinnor
DDemocratic
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