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CA AB 2495

enacted

Unlawful immigration-related practices.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Quick answers

Did CA AB 2495 pass?

Yes. CA AB 2495 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-29): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA AB 2495 about?

Existing law prohibits an employer or any other person from engaging in, or directing another person to engage in, an unfair immigration-related practice against a person for the purpose of, or with the intent of, retaliating against any person for exercising a right protected under state labor and employment laws or under a local ordinance applicable to employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a civil action for equitable relief and damages or penalties, as specified, by an employee or other person who is the subject of an unfair immigration-related practice. This bill would expand the above-described prohibition to include retaliating against any person for exercising any right under any local, state, or federal statute or regulation applicable to employees, as defined, and would prohibit preventing a person from exercising such a right. The bill would also prohibit an employer or any other person from engaging in any other conduct, related to any person's perceived immigration status, that would reasonably tend to dissuade a person from engaging in conduct that the person has a legal right to engage in under any local, state, or federal statute or regulation applicable to employees, or to induce a person to engage in conduct that the person has a legal right to abstain from under any local, state, or federal statute or regulation applicable to employees. The bill would make an employer or other person who violates these provisions liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 per employee or person for each violation, as specified. The bill would also make related and conforming changes to these provisions.

Who sponsors CA AB 2495?

Kalra is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2495, joined by 7 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law prohibits an employer or any other person from engaging in, or directing another person to engage in, an unfair immigration-related practice against a person for the purpose of, or with the intent of, retaliating against any person for exercising a right protected under state labor and employment laws or under a local ordinance applicable to employees, as specified. Existing law authorizes a civil action for equitable relief and damages or penalties, as specified, by an employee or other person who is the subject of an unfair immigration-related practice. This bill would expand the above-described prohibition to include retaliating against any person for exercising any right under any local, state, or federal statute or regulation applicable to employees, as defined, and would prohibit preventing a person from exercising such a right. The bill would also prohibit an employer or any other person from engaging in any other conduct, related to any person's perceived immigration status, that would reasonably tend to dissuade a person from engaging in conduct that the person has a legal right to engage in under any local, state, or federal statute or regulation applicable to employees, or to induce a person to engage in conduct that the person has a legal right to abstain from under any local, state, or federal statute or regulation applicable to employees. The bill would make an employer or other person who violates these provisions liable for a civil penalty not exceeding $10,000 per employee or person for each violation, as specified. The bill would also make related and conforming changes to these provisions.

Introduced
2026-04-06
Latest action
2026-09-29 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kalraauthor
  • Mark Gonzálezprincipal coauthor
  • Leecoauthor
  • Ortegacoauthor
  • Durazocoauthor
  • Gonzalezcoauthor
  • Pérezcoauthor
  • Reyescoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2026-09-29

    Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 748, Statutes of 2026.

    became-law

  2. 2026-09-29

    Approved by the Governor.

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  3. 2026-09-03

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

    executive-receipt

  4. 2026-08-26

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  5. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13.).

  6. 2026-08-26

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 13. Page 6604.).

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  7. 2026-08-25

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 8.).

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  8. 2026-08-17

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2026-08-13

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (August 13).

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  10. 2026-08-13

    In committee: Reconsideration of a favorable vote granted.

  11. 2026-08-13

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

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  12. 2026-08-03

    In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

    referral-committee

  13. 2026-07-01

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (June 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. 2026-06-24

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  15. 2026-06-16

    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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  16. 2026-06-10

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

    referral-committee

  17. 2026-05-28

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

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  18. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18.)

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  19. 2026-05-27

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 5433.)

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  20. 2026-05-18

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2026-05-14

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 14).

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  22. 2026-05-06

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

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  23. 2026-04-28

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  24. 2026-04-21

    Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  25. 2026-04-20

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

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  26. 2026-04-09

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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  27. 2026-04-07

    Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

    referral-committee

  28. 2026-04-06

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

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  29. 2026-03-23

    Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.

    referral-committee

  30. 2026-02-21

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.

  31. 2026-02-20

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/20/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-20Compare
  • 04/06/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-06Compare
  • 04/20/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-04-20Compare
  • 06/16/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-06-16Compare
  • 08/13/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-08-13Compare
  • 08/30/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-30Compare
  • 09/29/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-29Compare
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  • AB2495Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2026-04-08 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Lackey: no
    • Chen: other

  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2026-04-28 · pass · 9-3

    Member-level votes (12)
    • Connolly: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Dixon: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Johnson: no

  • Do pass.

    2026-05-14 · pass · 11-4

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Tangipa: no
    • Ta: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hoover: no

  • AB 2495 Kalra Assembly Third Reading

    2026-05-27 · pass · 59-18

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Bennett: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Hoover: no
    • Macedo: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Davies: no
    • Flora: no
    • Chen: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Lackey: no
    • Ta: no
    • Alanis: other
    • Wallis: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other

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

    2026-06-24 · pass · 4-1

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

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

    2026-06-30 · pass · 11-2

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

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