AB 237 (Patel, D-San Diego)
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Passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee on March 4. To be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 237 would make it a crime for a person to willfully threaten to commit a crime that will result in death or great bodily injury to another person at specified locations, including medical facilities.
AB 339 (Ortega, D-Hayward)
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Passed the Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee on March 19. To be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 339 would require local public agencies to provide recognized employee organizations with a minimum of 120 days’ written notice before issuing requests for proposals or renewing or extending existing contracts that affect job classifications represented by these organizations.
AB 340 (Ahrens, D-Cupertino)
Oppose Through Coalition
Passed the Assembly Public Employment and Retirement Committee on March 19. To be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 340 would prohibit a public agency employer from asking any employee or their union representative about communications concerning workplace matters that are made in confidence between the employee and their representative.
AB 485 (Ortega, D-Hayward)
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Passed the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee on March 19. To be heard in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
AB 485 would require the California Department of Public Health to deny a new license or renewal of an existing license for any hospital that has an outstanding judgment for nonpayment of wages.
AB 692 (Kalra, D-San Jose)
Oppose Through Coalition
Introduced on Feb. 14. April 2 hearing in the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. To be heard in the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
AB 692 would make employment-related contracts entered into on or after Jan. 1, 2026 — in which an employer requires an employee to pay for work-related training programs if the employment relationship ends before an agreed upon time — unlawful and void.
AB 1331 (Elhawary, D-Los Angeles)
Oppose Through Coalition
Introduced on Feb. 21. April 2 hearing in the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee. To be heard in the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee and the Assembly Judiciary Committee.
AB 1331 would limit the use of workplace surveillance tools by prohibiting an employer from monitoring or surveilling workers in private, off-duty areas — including employee cafeterias and lounges. It would also require workplace surveillance tools to be disabled during off-duty hours, including meal and rest breaks.
Assembly Labor and Employment Committee Chamber Coalition Oppose Letter
AB 1371 (Sharp-Collins, D-La Mesa)
Oppose Through Coalition
Introduced on Feb. 21. To be heard in the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee.
AB 1371 would allow an employee, acting in good faith, to refuse to perform an assigned task if it would violate a health or safety standard or if the employee has a reasonable apprehension that performing the assigned task would result in injury or illness to self or to other employees.
SB 7 (McNerney, D-Stockton)
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Introduced on Dec. 2. April 9 hearing in the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. To be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
SB 7 would require an employer or contracted vendor that uses automated decision systems (ADS) for purposes of making employment-related decisions to provide written notice to its employees about how the ADS is used. This bill would also prohibit an employer or its vendor from relying primarily on an ADS when making employment-related decisions, and would provide both an appeal process for employment-related decisions involving the use of ADS and a private right of action — including civil penalties in the amount of $500 per violation.
SB 294 (Reyes, D-San Bernardino)
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Introduced on Feb. 6. To be heard in the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee.
SB 294 would require an employer to provide a written notice of workers’ rights under federal and state law to new employees upon hire and annually to each current employee, in addition to existing posting requirements of the same rights. The bill would also permit an employee’s designated emergency contact to collect all wages owed to the employee if an employee is arrested or detained.
SB 310 (Wiener, D-San Francisco)
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Introduced on Feb. 10. April 9 hearing in the Senate Labor, Public Employment and Retirement Committee. To be heard in the Senate Judiciary Committee.
SB 310 would allow workers to recover penalties through an independent civil action when their employer either fails to pay wages on time or doesn’t pay wages at all.