Notable Vetoed or Failed Bills
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Law
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Main Topic
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Summary
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Status
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AB 171
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Sexual Harassment: Presumption of Retaliation
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Extends certain antidiscrimination provisions to sexual harassment victims and adds a rebuttable presumption of discrimination if an employer takes a negative employment action within 90 days of receiving notice of harassment.
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Vetoed10
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AB 160
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Voluntary Veterans’ Preference
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Allows employers to choose to give veterans preference in employment decisions by establishing the Voluntary Veterans’ Preference Employment Policy Act.
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Failed
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AB 372
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State Employees: Infants at Work
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Establishes a pilot program allowing state agencies to opt in to a program to allow their employees to bring infant to bring the workplace.
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Vetoed11
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AB 403
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Labor Standards Enforcement: Extension of Statute of Limitations
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Extends the statute of limitations for employees to bring a workplace retaliation claim to the DLSE from six months to two years, and authorizes attorneys’ fees for successful whistleblower claims.
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Vetoed12
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AB 418
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Union Agent-Worker Privilege
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Establishes a privilege between a union agent and an employee to claim confidentiality for communications made between the two during union representation.
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Inactive
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AB 500
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Schools: Paid Maternity Leave
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Extends at least six weeks of paid maternity leave to female academic employees of school districts, charter schools, and community colleges during and after childbirth.
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Vetoed13
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AB 520
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Public Subsidies: Prevailing Wages
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For contracts awarded after 7/01/2020, classifies as de minimis public subsidies that are less than $500,000 and less than 2% of the project cost, for the purposes of paying prevailing wages. If the project is entirely single family dwellings, the de minimis classification applies if the subsidy is less than 2% of the project cost.
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Vetoed14
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AB 589
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Unfair Immigration-Related Practices
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Prohibits employers from holding or destroying immigration-related documents while committing—or with the intent to commit—trafficking or coercive labor practices. Requires employers to provide a “Worker’s Bill of Rights” to employees hired on or after 7/01/2021. Similar provisions were included in AB 2732 in the 2017-2018 legislative session, which similarly was vetoed by former Governor Brown.
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Vetoed15
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AB 625
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Service Contracts: Public Transit or Waste Collection, Employee Retention
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Extends bid preferences to public transit contractors or waste removal contractors that agree to retain prior employees to state agency contracts.
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Vetoed16
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AB 846
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California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: Customer Loyalty Programs
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Clarifies that the CCPA does not ban a business from offering discounts, benefits, or different goods or services to consumer members of loyalty or rewards programs. Also allows businesses to sell consumer information to third parties after disclosing the terms of the sale and receiving express consent.
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Inactive
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AB 1066
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Unemployment Insurance: Striking Employees
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Permits workers involved in a trade dispute, including strikes, to collect unemployment benefits after a three-week waiting period.
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Failed
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AB 1124
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Outdoor Worker Safety: Wildfire Smoke
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Obligates Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board to adopt regulations requiring employers to provide respirators to workers who may be exposed to harmful smoke. Would require protections similar to Cal/OSHA’s Emergency Rule.
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Inactive
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AB 1281
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Facial Recognition Technology
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Requires businesses using facial recognition technology to display a “clear and conspicuous” physical sign at the entrance to disclose this practice.
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Inactive
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AB 1360
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Third-Party Food Delivery
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Mandates that food delivery platforms ensure that delivery drivers have training on food safety, and maintain liability insurance for drivers during deliveries.
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Inactive
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AB 1478
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Employment Discrimination: Private Right of Action
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Grants employees a private right of action to sue employers that retaliate against them for their status as victims of, or for seeking time off work due to, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
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Vetoed17
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AB 1613
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Prevailing Wage: Charter Schools
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Expands “public works” for purposes of paying prevailing wages to include construction or repair work on charter schools when paid for, at least in part, with revenue bonds.
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Vetoed18
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AB 1677
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Call Centers: Notice If Relocating to a Foreign Country
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The Protect Call Center Jobs Act of 2019 requires employers with customer service call centers that intend to relocate those centers to a foreign country to notify the Labor Commissioner at least 120 days in advance. Imposes a fine of $10,000 per day if the notice is late and bans violators from receiving state grants, loans, or tax benefits for five years.
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Vetoed19
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SB 218
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Antidiscrimination Enforcement: Local Ordinances & Agencies
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Authorizes local governments within the County of Los Angeles to enact their own antidiscrimination laws relating to employment, including establishing remedies and penalties for violations.
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Vetoed20
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SB 363
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Workplace Safety: Assault Reporting for Certain Facilities
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Requires the State Department of State Hospitals, the State Department of Developmental Services, and the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation to report the total number of assaults against employees at each operated or licensed facility (including developmental or community care centers), on a quarterly basis, to the state bargaining units at the pertinent department. Annual reports would be due to the Legislature.
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Vetoed21
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SB 171
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Annual Pay Data Reporting
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Requires private employers, with 100 or more employees and that file an annual EEO-1 report, to submit a pay data report to the Department of Fair Employment and Housing with specific wage information by race, ethnicity, and sex in each job category. Intended to codify now-scuttled plans for the federal EEOC to collect such information as part of the EEO-1 reporting duty.
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Held in committee
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