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AB 2078: Employees: meal periods: stationary engineers.

California · Assembly · 2025–2026 Regular Session · last verified August 25, 2026

What AB 2078 does, verified August 25, 2026

<p>This bill proposes to amend the Labor Code to create an exception for employees who perform building maintenance work as a stationary engineer, allowing them to work more than 5 hours per day without a required 30-minute meal break. This exception would apply to employees covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement meeting specific conditions.</p>

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IntroducedComplete
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First Chamber FloorComplete
4Second ChamberCurrent
5GovernorPending
6ChapteredPending
Last action: Read second time. Ordered to third reading. (2026-08-24)Alert me
Recent actions16 total · showing 5
Aug. 24, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Aug. 21, 2026Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Jun. 25, 2026Ordered to third reading.
Jun. 25, 2026From Consent Calendar.
Jun. 23, 2026Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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