CA AB 2530
in committeeEmployment: Cal/WARN Act: plant closings and mass layoffs.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
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Quick answers
Did CA AB 2530 pass?
Not yet. CA AB 2530 is in committee and has not come to a final vote. Latest recorded action (2026-05-14): In committee: Held under submission.
What is CA AB 2530 about?
Existing law, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (Cal/WARN Act) , among other things, prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the employees affected by the order and to the Employment Development Department and certain local officials. Existing law requires the notice to contain specified information and makes an employer who fails to give the required notice liable to each employee entitled to notice who lost their employment for back pay and the value of the cost of any benefits to which the employee would have been entitled had their employment not been lost, as provided. Existing law also makes an employer subject to civil penalties, as provided, for each day of the employer's violation. Existing law defines "employer" for these purposes to mean any person, as defined, who directly or indirectly owns and operates a covered establishment and defines "covered establishment" to mean any industrial or commercial facility or part thereof that employs, or has employed within the preceding 12 months, 75 or more persons. This bill would add "public agency" to the definitions of employer and covered establishment, thereby making the Cal/WARN Act applicable to public agencies. The bill would, in the case of a sale of part or all of an employer's business, make the seller responsible for providing the notice for any mass layoff, relocation, or termination up to and including the effective date of the sale, and make the purchaser responsible for providing the notice following the effective date of the sale. The bill would make other technical and conforming changes.
Who sponsors CA AB 2530?
Caloza is the primary sponsor of CA AB 2530.
Description
Existing law, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (Cal/WARN Act) , among other things, prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the employees affected by the order and to the Employment Development Department and certain local officials. Existing law requires the notice to contain specified information and makes an employer who fails to give the required notice liable to each employee entitled to notice who lost their employment for back pay and the value of the cost of any benefits to which the employee would have been entitled had their employment not been lost, as provided. Existing law also makes an employer subject to civil penalties, as provided, for each day of the employer's violation. Existing law defines "employer" for these purposes to mean any person, as defined, who directly or indirectly owns and operates a covered establishment and defines "covered establishment" to mean any industrial or commercial facility or part thereof that employs, or has employed within the preceding 12 months, 75 or more persons. This bill would add "public agency" to the definitions of employer and covered establishment, thereby making the Cal/WARN Act applicable to public agencies. The bill would, in the case of a sale of part or all of an employer's business, make the seller responsible for providing the notice for any mass layoff, relocation, or termination up to and including the effective date of the sale, and make the purchaser responsible for providing the notice following the effective date of the sale. The bill would make other technical and conforming changes.
- Introduced
- 2026-03-19
- Latest action
- 2026-05-14 — In committee: Held under submission.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Calozaauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-05-14
In committee: Held under submission.
2026-05-06
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2026-04-22
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (April 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-04-14
Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-04-13
Read second time and amended.
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2026-04-09
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 8).
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2026-03-23
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2026-03-19
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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2026-03-19
Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.
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2026-02-21
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2026-02-20
Read first time. To print.
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Votes
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]
2026-04-08 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Elhawary: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Lee: yes
- Chen: other
- Lackey: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-21 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (12)
- Zbur: yes
- Papan: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: no
- Sanchez: no
Related bills
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