Bill Commons

CA AB 1331

enacted

Workplace surveillance.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 1331 pass?

Yes. CA AB 1331 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 1331 about?

Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law authorizes the division, which is headed by the Labor Commissioner, to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. This bill would limit the use of workplace surveillance tools, as defined, by employers, including by prohibiting an employer from monitoring or surveilling employees in a bathroom located in the workplace, except as specified. The bill would provide an employee with the right to leave behind workplace surveillance tools that are on their person or in their possession when entering a bathroom, except as specified. This bill would authorize the commissioner to enforce the bill's provisions, as prescribed, and would authorize a public prosecutor to bring specified enforcement actions. The bill would subject an employer who violates the bill to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each violation. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Who sponsors CA AB 1331?

Elhawary is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1331, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law authorizes the division, which is headed by the Labor Commissioner, to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. This bill would limit the use of workplace surveillance tools, as defined, by employers, including by prohibiting an employer from monitoring or surveilling employees in a bathroom located in the workplace, except as specified. The bill would provide an employee with the right to leave behind workplace surveillance tools that are on their person or in their possession when entering a bathroom, except as specified. This bill would authorize the commissioner to enforce the bill's provisions, as prescribed, and would authorize a public prosecutor to bring specified enforcement actions. The bill would subject an employer who violates the bill to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each violation. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Elhawaryauthor
  • Bryancoauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezcoauthor
  • Wardcoauthor
  • Beckercoauthor
  • Cortesecoauthor
  • McNerneycoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2026-09-30

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 851, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-30

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-14

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-31

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 5.).

  5. 2026-08-31

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  6. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.

  7. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 7.).

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  8. 2026-08-31

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 61. Noes 7. Page 7001.).

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  9. 2026-08-30

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. 2026-08-28

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  11. 2026-08-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  12. 2026-08-21

    Ordered to second reading.

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  13. 2026-08-21

    From inactive file.

  14. 2026-08-21

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  15. 2025-09-13

    Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Limón.

  16. 2025-09-08

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-09-04

    Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  18. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  19. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).

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  20. 2025-08-29

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  21. 2025-08-18

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  22. 2025-07-17

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  23. 2025-07-16

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 15).

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  24. 2025-06-25

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  25. 2025-06-19

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  26. 2025-06-18

    Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.

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  27. 2025-06-09

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

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  28. 2025-06-05

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 15. Page 2113.)

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  29. 2025-05-27

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  30. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).

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  31. 2025-05-23

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

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  32. 2025-05-23

    Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 51. Noes 16. Page 1644.)

  33. 2025-05-14

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

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  34. 2025-05-01

    Re-referred to Com. on APPR. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

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  35. 2025-04-29

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  36. 2025-04-28

    Read second time and amended.

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  37. 2025-04-24

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 22).

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  38. 2025-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  39. 2025-04-10

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. Read second time and amended.

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  40. 2025-04-03

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  41. 2025-03-28

    Referred to Coms. on L. & E., P. & C.P. and JUD.

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  42. 2025-02-24

    Read first time.

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  43. 2025-02-22

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.

  44. 2025-02-21

    Introduced. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/21/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-21Compare
  • 04/10/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-10Compare
  • 04/28/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-28Compare
  • 05/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-05-23Compare
  • 06/19/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-06-19Compare
  • 07/17/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-07-17Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/04/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-09-04Compare
  • 08/21/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-21Compare
  • 08/28/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-28Compare
  • 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
  • 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
  • AB1331Compare
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Documents

Votes

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Chen: other
    • Flora: other

  • Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-04-22 · pass · 10-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Petrie-Norris: other
    • Patterson: other

  • Do pass as amended.

    2025-05-23 · pass · 11-3

    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
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Sanchez: other

  • AB 1331 Elhawary Assembly Third Reading

    2025-06-06 · pass · 55-15

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Gallagher: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Ta: no
    • Ramos: no
    • Ávila Farías: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Chen: other
    • Lackey: other
    • Castillo: other
    • Pacheco: other
    • Davies: other
    • Nguyen: other
    • Flora: other
    • Alanis: other
    • Ortega: other

  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]

    2025-06-25 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: no

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-07-15 · pass · 9-2

    Member-level votes (13)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Valladares: no
    • Niello: no
    • Allen: other
    • Stern: other

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-08-18 · pass · 7-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Grayson: yes

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Dahle: no
    • Seyarto: no

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