CA AB 374

vetoed

K–14 classified employees: payment of wages: itemized statements.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

Description

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district, except as provided, to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications or that are not academic positions, respectively, and to classify all of these employees and positions. Under existing law, those employees and positions are known as the classified service. Existing law requires the governing board of any school district, including city boards of education, and the governing board of any community college district, including city boards of education, to fix and order paid the compensation of persons a part of the classified service, as provided. Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, this bill would require a public school employer, defined to include the governing board of a school district, a school district, a county board of education, a county superintendent of schools, a charter school, an auxiliary organization, or a joint powers agency, as specified, and a community college district to (1) furnish to a classified school employee at the time of each payment of wages an accurate statement in writing and in a specified format that shows specified information, including, among other things, gross wages earned, all deductions, and all applicable hourly rates in effect during the payroll reporting period, as provided, (2) record the deductions made from the payment of wages and keep the record on file for at least 3 years at a specified location, and (3) afford current and former classified school employees the right to inspect or receive a copy of records pertaining to their employment, as provided.

Introduced: 2025-04-09
Status date: —
Latest action: 2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-03
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-04
From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.
2025-02-18
Referred to Coms. on P. E. & R. and HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2025-03-19
Coauthors revised.
2025-03-19
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
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2025-04-09
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. Read second time and amended.
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2025-04-10
Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.
referral-committee
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22).
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2025-04-24
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1476.)
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2025-05-08
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-21
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and APPR.
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2025-06-11
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-23
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-09
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2659.).
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2025-09-09
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-10
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3216.).
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2025-09-22
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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2025-10-03
Vetoed by Governor.
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2025-10-03
Consideration of Governor's veto pending.
2026-01-22
Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
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Versions

02/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-03Compare
04/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-09Compare
08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education]
2025-03-19 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Boerner: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Lackey: other
Do pass.
2025-04-22 · pass · 8-0
Member-level votes (10)
- Patel: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Sharp-Collins: other
- Tangipa: other
AB 374 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading
2025-05-08 · pass · 73-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Gabriel: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Berman: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Chen: yes
- Haney: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Davies: yes
- Hart: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Papan: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Fong: yes
- Patel: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Flora: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Lee: yes
- Solache: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Krell: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ta: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Arambula: other
- Irwin: other
- Celeste Rodriguez: other
- Boerner: other
- Tangipa: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-06-11 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (5)
- Laird: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Durazo: yes
Placed on suspense file
2025-06-23 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Caballero: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
Do pass as amended
2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
3rd Reading AB374 Nguyen et al. By Cervantes
2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Richardson: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Jones: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Becker: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Grove: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Laird: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Limón: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Niello: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Choi: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Blakespear: yes
AB 374 Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 79-0
Member-level votes (80)
- Addis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Berman: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Patel: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Soria: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Papan: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Davies: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Chen: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Bains: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Lee: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Ta: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Macedo: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Ward: yes
- Fong: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Flora: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Tangipa: other

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