AB 2165 Summary

• Designates the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years (statewide general election day) as a paid holiday for state employees, with specified exceptions.

• Requires public schools and community colleges to close on statewide general election days.

• Adds statewide general election day to the lists of optional bank holidays and state holidays in California law.

• Modifies Elections Code to allow elections to be held on statewide general election days, creating an exception to the existing prohibition on holding elections on state holidays.

• Provides that if the Commission on State Mandates determines the bill imposes state-mandated costs on local agencies and school districts, reimbursement shall be made pursuant to existing statutory procedures.