Employment laws and bills in California

Every bill in the California Legislature that falls inside the Employment and Labor Legislation Tracker's scope, with where each one currently stands.

Bills in scope: 178bills in scope
Past committee: 130past committee
Most recent action: 30 September 2026most recent action

Employment laws enacted in California in 2026

The 25 most recent Employment bills enacted in California this year are below, the latest with a last action on 30 September 2026. They lead the list below.

Employment bills in California

76Enacted

14Cleared both chambers

40Past committee

48Introduced or inactive

178 bills in scope

Enacted

25 of 76 shown

AB 1331Workplace surveillance.30 September 2026Enacted AB 1697Employment contracts: stay-or-pay provisions: contract date.30 September 2026Enacted AB 1818California State University: employer-employee relations: meeting and conferring.30 September 2026Enacted AB 1883Workplace surveillance tools.30 September 2026Enacted AB 1904Teachers: credentialed educator apprenticeship programs.30 September 2026Enacted AB 2321Occupational safety and health: investigations.30 September 2026Enacted AB 2563Sex discrimination: scope.30 September 2026Enacted AB 2646Employment: minimum wages: agricultural workers.30 September 2026Enacted SB 1012Employment of inmates.30 September 2026Enacted SB 1383Housing development: density bonus: incentives or concessions: labor standards.30 September 2026Enacted SB 947Employment: automated decision systems.30 September 2026Enacted SB 951Employment: technological displacement: notice.30 September 2026Enacted AB 1198Public works: prevailing wages.27 September 2026Enacted AB 1534Federal Workforce Pell Grant program: local workforce development boards: participant training requirement.27 September 2026Enacted AB 1803Employment: sexual harassment training and education: anti-hate speech training.27 September 2026Enacted AB 1980Labor: apprenticeship: Equal Representation in Construction Apprenticeships Grant Program.27 September 2026Enacted AB 2129State employees: compensation: firefighters.27 September 2026Enacted AB 2634Workforce development: High road training partnerships: scoring preference.27 September 2026Enacted AB 2682Transportation network company drivers: labor relations: appeals.27 September 2026Enacted SB 1046Occupational safety: transboundary pollution.27 September 2026Enacted SB 1083Noncertificated public school employees: private school employees: egregious misconduct: statewide data system: Commission on Teacher Credentialing: adverse actions: contracts and background checks for educational services.27 September 2026Enacted SB 1371Solid waste handling services: labor dispute.27 September 2026Enacted SB 909Public works.27 September 2026Enacted AB 1235California State University: skilled and trained workforce requirement.20 September 2026Enacted AB 1439Public retirement systems: development projects: labor standards.20 September 2026Enacted

Showing the 25 furthest along of 178. Subscribers see all of them, filtered and searchable. Bill titles link to the California Legislature's own page.

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What counts as Employment and Labor Legislation legislation

In scope is any bill governing the employment relationship: minimum, prevailing and overtime wages, wage theft, worker classification and gig work, paid sick, family and medical leave, unemployment and workers' compensation, discrimination, harassment, pay equity and pay range disclosure, unions and public sector bargaining, workplace safety and heat standards, electronic monitoring and automated hiring tools, and noncompete and nondisclosure agreements.

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