CA AB 1515
in committeeProfessional employer organizations.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 1515 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 1515 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-08-24): Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.
What is CA AB 1515 about?
Existing federal law provides for certification of a professional employer organization (PEO) by the Secretary of the Treasury and, for purposes of specified taxes and other obligations, treats a PEO as the employer of any work site employee performing services for any customer of the PEO. Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. This bill would prohibit a person from providing, advertising, or otherwise holding oneself out as providing professional employer services, as defined, in the state unless the person is registered with the division. The bill would require a PEO, as defined, upon registration, to pay an initial registration fee established by the division not to exceed the reasonable cost of registration.
Who sponsors CA AB 1515?
Committee on Labor and Employment is the primary sponsor of CA AB 1515.
Description
Existing federal law provides for certification of a professional employer organization (PEO) by the Secretary of the Treasury and, for purposes of specified taxes and other obligations, treats a PEO as the employer of any work site employee performing services for any customer of the PEO. Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. This bill would prohibit a person from providing, advertising, or otherwise holding oneself out as providing professional employer services, as defined, in the state unless the person is registered with the division. The bill would require a PEO, as defined, upon registration, to pay an initial registration fee established by the division not to exceed the reasonable cost of registration.
- Introduced
- 2025-06-23
- Latest action
- 2026-08-24 — Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Committee on Labor and Employmentauthor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2026-08-24
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.
2026-08-11
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-10
From inactive file.
2026-08-10
Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-10
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
2025-09-08
Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator Smallwood-Cuevas.
2025-08-29
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-07-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-06-23
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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2025-05-28
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
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2025-05-15
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-05-15
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 69. Noes 0. Page 1570.)
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2025-05-08
Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar.
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2025-05-07
From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 7).
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2025-04-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-03-17
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
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2025-03-11
From printer. May be heard in committee April 10.
2025-03-10
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-23 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Lee: yes
- Flora: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ward: yes
- Chen: yes
- Kalra: yes
Do pass. To Consent Calendar.
2025-05-07 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Solache: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Fong: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Ta: yes
- Hart: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Dixon: yes
AB 1515 Labor and Employment Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-05-15 · pass · 69-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Alvarez: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Fong: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Bains: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Chen: yes
- Flora: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Patel: yes
- Ta: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Gallagher: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Addis: yes
- Krell: yes
- Solache: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Soria: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Papan: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ward: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Berman: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Davies: yes
- Haney: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Lee: yes
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Alanis: other
- Stefani: other
- Bennett: other
- Hart: other
- Arambula: other
- Jeff Gonzalez: other
- Caloza: other
- Castillo: other
- Ramos: other
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-07-09 · pass · 4-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Laird: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Strickland: no
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
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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