CA AB 1251
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California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 1251 pass?
No. CA AB 1251 was withdrawn on 2025-08-29 and is no longer under consideration. Latest recorded action (2025-08-29): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 1251 about?
Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce various labor laws. Existing law requires certain employers to disclose certain salary information in job postings. This bill would require a private employer who publicly advertises a job posting to include in the posting a statement disclosing whether the posting is for a vacancy for the advertised position or not, as specified.
Who sponsors CA AB 1251?
Berman is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1251.
Description
Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce various labor laws. Existing law requires certain employers to disclose certain salary information in job postings. This bill would require a private employer who publicly advertises a job posting to include in the posting a statement disclosing whether the posting is for a vacancy for the advertised position or not, as specified.
- Introduced
- 2025-02-21
- Latest action
- 2025-08-29 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Bermanauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-02-21
Introduced. To print.
introduction
2025-02-22
From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
2025-02-24
Read first time.
reading-1
2025-03-24
Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-03-24
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-03-25
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2025-04-03
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-09
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-10
Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
referral-committee
2025-04-10
Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2025-05-07
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)
2025-05-23
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (May 23).
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage
2025-05-23
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2025-06-02
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 9. Page 1918.)
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-06-03
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
reading-1,referral-committee
2025-06-11
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R., JUD. and APPR.
referral-committee
2025-06-18
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-06-26
From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
amendment-introduction,amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-26
In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-30
In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
2025-06-30
Withdrawn from committee.
withdrawal
2025-06-30
Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
referral-committee
2025-07-14
In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-08-29
In committee: Held under submission.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2025-04-02 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Lee: yes
- Kalra: yes
Do pass as amended.
2025-05-23 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ta: other
- Sanchez: other
AB 1251 Berman Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-03 · pass · 62-9
Member-level votes (79)
- Addis: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Lee: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Krell: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Ward: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Patel: yes
- Solache: yes
- Chen: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Papan: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Fong: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Soria: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Davies: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Haney: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Hart: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Berman: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Hoover: no
- Gallagher: no
- Tangipa: no
- Ellis: no
- Hadwick: no
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: no
- DeMaio: no
- Sanchez: no
- Muratsuchi: other
- Wilson: other
- Lackey: other
- Ta: other
- Flora: other
- Bains: other
- Castillo: other
- Patterson: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2025-06-18 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Cortese: yes
- Laird: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Strickland: no
Placed on suspense file
2025-07-14 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Related bills
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