California 2019-2020 Regular Session Status: Enacted 1 D cosponsors

AB 2588 — Educational programs and training: costs: employees and applicants providing direct patient care.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 351, Statutes of 2020.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2020. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 72% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 7 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law requires an employer to indemnify the employer's employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of the employee's duties, or of the employee's obedience to the employer's directions, even though unlawful, unless the employee, at the time of obeying the directions, believed them to be unlawful. This bill would provide that the expense or cost of any employer-provided or employer-required educational program or training, as defined, for an employee providing direct patient care or an applicant for direct patient care employment constitutes a necessary expenditure or loss incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of the employee's duties. The bill would make these provisions only applicable to applicants for employment and employees providing direct patient care for an employer for a general acute care hospital, as defined. The bill would prohibit an employer, or any person acting on behalf of the employer, from retaliating against an applicant for employment or employee for refusing to enter into a contract or agreement that violates these provisions. The bill would require a court to award a prevailing plaintiff in any action brought pursuant to these provisions reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The bill would state that the above provisions are declaratory of and clarify existing law with respect to employer-required training for employees.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 351, Statutes of 2020.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

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

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 14. Page 5388.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 11.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 17).

  11. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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

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

  14. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4728.)

  15. Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.

  16. From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 2).

  17. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  18. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.

  19. Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.

  20. From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.

  21. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 121 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (121)

121 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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Votes

AB 2588 Kalra Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 54 Yea · 14 Nay · 11 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 33909
Democratic 21001
Republican 0501
Total 5414011
% of votes cast 68%18%0%14%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Levine — Yea
Weber — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Gray — Yea
Salas — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Ting — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Low — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Chau — Yea
Medina — Yea
Gloria — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Quirk — Yea
Wood — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Smith — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Brough — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Fong — Nay
Cunningham — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Daly — Not Voting
Chu — Not Voting
Eggman — Not Voting
Mayes — Not Voting
Voepel — Not Voting
Burke — Not Voting
Frazier — Not Voting
Bloom — Not Voting
Diep — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Not Voting
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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3rd Reading AB2588 Kalra By Gonzalez

Passed 28 Yea · 11 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 10000
Unaffiliated 18900
Republican 0201
Total 281101
% of votes cast 70%28%0%3%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Galgiani — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Hill — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Allen — Yea
Pan — Yea
Monning — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Beall — Yea
Roth — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Bates — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Borgeas — Nay
Chang — Nay
Glazer — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Archuleta, Bob Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Durazo, Maria Elena Democratic Yea
Gonzalez, Lena A. Democratic Yea
Hurtado, Melissa Democratic Yea
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Umberg, Thomas J. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Not Voting

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Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 5100
Republican 0100
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Bradford — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Bates — Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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AB 2588 Kalra Consent Calendar Second Day

Passed 76 Yea · 0 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 21001
Unaffiliated 49002
Republican 6000
Total 76003
% of votes cast 96%0%0%4%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Friedman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Smith — Yea
Kiley — Yea
Brough — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
Weber — Yea
Diep — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Burke — Yea
Daly — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Mullin — Yea
Salas — Yea
Fong — Yea
Levine — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Medina — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Wood — Yea
Kamlager — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Ting — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Gray — Yea
Chau — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Obernolte — Yea
Mayes — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Low — Not Voting
Quirk — Not Voting
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Yea
Luz Rivas — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Boerner, Tasha Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Ramos, James C. Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Rubio, Blanca E. Democratic Yea
Wicks, Buffy Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Yea
Choi, Steven S. Republican Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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Do pass. To Consent Calendar.

Passed 18 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Democratic 6000
Unaffiliated 11000
Republican 1000
Total 18000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (18)
Member Party Vote
Fong — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Voepel — Yea
Chau — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Diep — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Wendy Carrillo — Yea
Bauer-Kahan, Rebecca Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gabriel, Jesse Democratic Yea
Petrie-Norris, Cottie Democratic Yea
Rivas, Robert Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea

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Subjects

healthcare labor education
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 2588 do?
Existing law requires an employer to indemnify the employer's employee for all necessary expenditures or losses incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of the employee's duties, or of the employee's obedience to the employer's directions, even though unlawful, unless the employee, at the time of obeying the directions, believed them to be unlawful. This bill would provide that the expense or cost of any employer-provided or employer-required educational program or training, as defined, for an employee providing direct patient care or an applicant for direct patient care employment constitutes a necessary expenditure or loss incurred by the employee in direct consequence of the discharge of the employee's duties. The bill would make these provisions only applicable to applicants for employment and employees providing direct patient care for an employer for a general acute care hospital, as defined. The bill would prohibit an employer, or any person acting on behalf of the employer, from retaliating against an applicant for employment or employee for refusing to enter into a contract or agreement that violates these provisions. The bill would require a court to award a prevailing plaintiff in any action brought pursuant to these provisions reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The bill would state that the above provisions are declaratory of and clarify existing law with respect to employer-required training for employees.
Who sponsors AB 2588?
AB 2588 is sponsored by Kalra, Ash (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 2588?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 20, 2020. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 2588?
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