AB 1841 – Establishes Native American Day as a State Employee Holiday Upon Legislative Appropriation

Existing law provides state employees with specified paid holidays. It also permits state employees to elect to use eight (8) hours of vacation, annual leave, compensatory time off, or personal holiday credit on certain statutorily recognized days, including the fourth Friday in September, known as Native American Day.

AB 1841 provides that, upon an appropriation by the Legislature, state employees will be entitled to the fourth Friday in September as a holiday, rather than having to elect to use accrued leave or holiday credit to observe Native American Day. AB 1841 expressly authorizes any state bargaining unit to negotiate through its memorandum of understanding to receive Native American Day as a paid holiday.

The terms of the bill do not apply to local agency employees.

AB 1841 amends Government Code Sections 19853 and 19853.1 and adds Government Code Section 19853.3.