Final 2025 California Labor and Employment Bills Enacted

Phyllis W. Cheng, Esq.

ADR Services Mediator, Former Director of the Department of Fair Employment and Housing (“DFEH”)

October 15, 2025

BY BILL NUMBER

AB 138 by the Committee on Budget – State employment: state bargaining units

AB 247 by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) – Incarcerated individual hand crew members: wages

AB 248 by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) – County jails: wages

AB 250 by Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry (D-Napa) – Sexual assault: statute of limitations

AB 288 by Assemblymember Tina McKinnor (D–Inglewood) – Employment: labor organization and unfair practices

AB 354 by Assemblymember Michelle Rodriguez (D-Chino) – Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training

AB 378 by Assemblymember Avelino Valencia (D-Anaheim) – Education finance: Classified School Employee Summer Assistance Program

AB 406 by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo (D-Baldwin Park) – Employment: unlawful discrimination: victims of violence

AB 499 by Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) – Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan

AB 538 by Assemblymember Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) – Public works: payroll records

AB 606 by Assemblymember Sharon Quirk-Silva (D-Fullerton) – Certificated employees: professional services credential: out-of-state applicants

AB 692 by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) – Employment: contracts in restraint of trade

AB 715 by Assemblymember Rick Chavez Zbur (D-Hollywood) — Educational equity: discrimination: antisemitism prevention

AB 751 by Assemblymember Mike Gipson (D-Carson) – Rest periods: petroleum facilities: safety-sensitive positions

AB 774 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) – Civil actions: enforcement of judgments

AB 836 by Assemblymember Catherine Stefani (D-San Francisco) – Midwifery Workforce Training Act

AB 845 by Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) – Employment: complaints: agricultural employees

AB 847 by Assemblymember Dr. LaShae Sharp-Collins (D-San Diego) – Peace officers: confidentiality of records

AB 1009 by Assemblymember Blanca Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) – Teacher credentialing: administrative services credential: occupational and physical therapists

AB 1028 by Assemblymember Mike Fong (D–Alhambra) – Community colleges: temporary employees

AB 1034 by Assemblymember Anamarie Ávila Farías (D-Concord) – Teacher credentialing: programs of professional preparation: youth mental health

AB 1119 by Assemblymember Darshana Patel (D-San Diego) – Teacher credentialing: dual credentialing

AB 1125 by Assemblymember Stephanie Nguyen (D–Elk Grove) – Workers’ compensation: peace officers

AB 1155 by Assemblymember Mike Fong (D–Alhambra) – Law schools: externships: compensation

AB 1181 by Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) – Firefighters: personal protective equipment

AB 1239 by Assemblymember Diane Dixon (R-Newport Beach) – Human trafficking: data

AB 1293 by Assemblymember Greg Wallis (R-Bermuda Dunes) – Workers’ compensation: qualified medical evaluators

AB 1340 by Assemblymember Buffy Wicks (D-Oakland) – Transportation network company drivers: labor relations

AB 1362 by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) – Foreign labor contractor registration: agricultural workers

AB 1388 by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan (D-Los Angeles) – Law enforcement: settlement agreements

AB 1390 by Assemblymember José Luis Solache (D-Lynwood) – Public school governance: board member compensation

AB 1398 by Assemblymember Avelino Valencia (D-Anaheim) – Workers’ compensation

AB 1438 by Assemblymember James Gallagher (R-East Nicolaus) – School finance: administrative employee-to-teacher ratio: Paradise Unified School District

AB 1510 by the Committee on Public Employment and Retirement – Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority: employee relations

AB 1514 by Committee on Labor and Employment – Worker classification: employees and independent contractors: licensed manicurists: commercial fishers

SB 8 by Senator Angelique Ashby (D-Sacramento) – Peace officers: injury or illness: leaves of absence

SB 20 by Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) – Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone

SB 48 by Senator Lena Gonzalez (D-Los Angeles) – Educational equity: discrimination prevention coordinators

SB 53 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) – Artificial intelligence models: large developers (Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA))

SB 85 by Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) – Civil actions: service of summons

SB 129 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — Labor

SB 139 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — State Bargaining Unit 9 and State Bargaining Unit 12

SB 140 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — State Bargaining Unit 6

SB 229 by Senator Marie Alvarado-Gil (R-Jackson) – Peace officers: deputy sheriffs

SB 230 by Senator John Laird (D-Santa Cruz) – Workers’ compensation: firefighters

SB 261 by Senator Aisha Wahab (D-Fremont) – Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards

SB 272 by Senator Josh Becker (D‑Menlo Park) – San Mateo County Transit District: job order contracting: pilot program

SB 294 by by Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced) – The Workplace Know Your Rights Act

SB 301 by Senator Tim Grayson (D-Orinda) – County Employees Retirement Law of 1937: employees

SB 303 by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) – Employment: bias mitigation training: unlawful discrimination

SB 443 by Senator Susan Rubio (D-Baldwin Park) – Retirement: joint powers authorities

SB 447 by Senator Thomas Umberg (D-Santa Ana) – Workers’ compensation: death benefits

SB 464 by Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) – Employer pay data

SB 477 by Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) – California Fair Employment and Housing Act: enforcement procedures

SB 513 by Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) – Personnel records

SB 518 by Assemblymember Akilah Weber Pierson (D-San Diego) – Descendants of enslaved persons: reparations

SB 520 by Senator Anna Caballero (D-Merced) – Nurse-midwifery education program

SB 578 by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) – California Workplace Outreach Program

SB 590 by Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) –Paid family leave: eligibility: care for designated persons

SB 597 by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) – Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor and subcontractor

SB 642 by Senator Monique Limón (D-Santa Barbara) – Employment: payment of wages

SB 648 by Senator Lola Smallwood-Cuevas (D-Los Angeles) – Employment: gratuities: enforcement

SB 693 by Senator Dave Cortese (D-San Jose) – Employees: meal periods

SB 809 by Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) – Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking

SB 847 by Senator Eloise Gómez Reyes (D-Colton) – Workers’ compensation: uninsured employer: transfer of real property

SB 848 by Senator Sen. Sasha Renée Pérez (D-Alhambra) – Pupil safety: school employee misconduct: child abuse prevention

SB 853 by the Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement – Public employees’ retirement

BY SUBJECT MATTER

Agricultural Workers

AB 845 by Assemblymember Dr. Joaquin Arambula (D-Fresno) – Employment: complaints: agricultural employees

AB 499 by Assemblymember Liz Ortega (D-San Leandro) – Robert F. Kennedy Farm Workers Medical Plan

AB 1362 by Assemblymember Ash Kalra (D-San Jose) – Foreign labor contractor registration: agricultural workers

Artificial Intelligence

SB 53 by Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) – Artificial intelligence models: large developers (Transparency in Frontier Artificial Intelligence Act (TFAIA))

Budget

SB 129 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — Labor

SB 139 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — State Bargaining Unit 9 and State Bargaining Unit 12

SB 140 by the Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — State Bargaining Unit 6

Cal/OSHA

SB 20 by Senator Caroline Menjivar (D-San Fernando Valley) – Occupational safety: high-exposure trigger tasks on artificial stone

Civil Procedure

SB 85 by Senator Tom Umberg (D-Santa Ana) – Civil actions: service of summons

AB 774 by Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan (D-Orinda) – Civil actions: enforcement of judgments

Contractors and Subcontractors

SB 597 by Senator Dave Cortese (D-Silicon Valley) – Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor and subcontractor

SB 809 by Senator María Elena Durazo (D-Los Angeles) – Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking

Discrimination

AB 406 by Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo (D-Baldwin Park) – Employment: unlawful discrimination: victims of violence

SB 477 by Senator Catherine Blakespear (D-Encinitas) – California Fair Employment and Housing Act: enforcement procedures

Education

AB 323 by Assemblymember Mike Fong (D–Alhambra) – Strong Workforce Program: work-based learning opportunities