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CA AB 374

vetoed

K–14 classified employees: payment of wages: itemized statements.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower

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Did CA AB 374 pass?

No. CA AB 374 passed the legislature but was vetoed. Latest recorded action (2026-01-22): Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

What is CA AB 374 about?

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district, except as provided, to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications or that are not academic positions, respectively, and to classify all of these employees and positions. Under existing law, those employees and positions are known as the classified service. Existing law requires the governing board of any school district, including city boards of education, and the governing board of any community college district, including city boards of education, to fix and order paid the compensation of persons a part of the classified service, as provided. Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, this bill would require a public school employer, defined to include the governing board of a school district, a school district, a county board of education, a county superintendent of schools, a charter school, an auxiliary organization, or a joint powers agency, as specified, and a community college district to (1) furnish to a classified school employee at the time of each payment of wages an accurate statement in writing and in a specified format that shows specified information, including, among other things, gross wages earned, all deductions, and all applicable hourly rates in effect during the payroll reporting period, as provided, (2) record the deductions made from the payment of wages and keep the record on file for at least 3 years at a specified location, and (3) afford current and former classified school employees the right to inspect or receive a copy of records pertaining to their employment, as provided.

Who sponsors CA AB 374?

Nguyen is the primary sponsor of CA AB 374, joined by 3 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law requires the governing board of a school district and the governing board of a community college district, except as provided, to employ persons for positions not requiring certification qualifications or that are not academic positions, respectively, and to classify all of these employees and positions. Under existing law, those employees and positions are known as the classified service. Existing law requires the governing board of any school district, including city boards of education, and the governing board of any community college district, including city boards of education, to fix and order paid the compensation of persons a part of the classified service, as provided. Beginning with the 2026–27 school year, this bill would require a public school employer, defined to include the governing board of a school district, a school district, a county board of education, a county superintendent of schools, a charter school, an auxiliary organization, or a joint powers agency, as specified, and a community college district to (1) furnish to a classified school employee at the time of each payment of wages an accurate statement in writing and in a specified format that shows specified information, including, among other things, gross wages earned, all deductions, and all applicable hourly rates in effect during the payroll reporting period, as provided, (2) record the deductions made from the payment of wages and keep the record on file for at least 3 years at a specified location, and (3) afford current and former classified school employees the right to inspect or receive a copy of records pertaining to their employment, as provided.

Introduced
2025-04-09
Latest action
2026-01-22 — Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.
Bill type
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Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Nguyenauthor
  • Cervantesprincipal coauthor
  • Muratsuchicoauthor
  • Michelle Rodriguezcoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

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  1. 2026-01-22

    Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file.

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  2. 2025-10-03

    Consideration of Governor's veto pending.

  3. 2025-10-03

    Vetoed by Governor.

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  4. 2025-09-22

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.

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  5. 2025-09-10

    Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 3216.).

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  6. 2025-09-09

    In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.

  7. 2025-09-09

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2659.).

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  8. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. 2025-08-29

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

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  10. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29).

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  11. 2025-06-23

    In committee: Referred to suspense file.

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  12. 2025-06-11

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  13. 2025-05-21

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

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  14. 2025-05-08

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

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  15. 2025-05-08

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 1476.)

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  16. 2025-04-24

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  17. 2025-04-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 22).

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  18. 2025-04-10

    Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

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  19. 2025-04-09

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

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  20. 2025-03-19

    Coauthors revised.

  21. 2025-03-19

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (March 19). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

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  22. 2025-02-18

    Referred to Coms. on P. E. & R. and HIGHER ED.

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  23. 2025-02-04

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 6.

  24. 2025-02-03

    Read first time. To print.

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Versions

  • 02/03/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-03Compare
  • 04/09/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-04-09Compare
  • 08/29/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-08-29Compare
  • 09/12/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-12Compare
  • AB374Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-19 · pass · 6-0

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Boerner: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Lackey: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-04-22 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Patel: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: other
    • Tangipa: other

  • AB 374 Nguyen Assembly Third Reading

    2025-05-08 · pass · 73-0

    Member-level votes (79)
    • Gabriel: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: other
    • Arambula: other
    • Irwin: other
    • Celeste Rodriguez: other
    • Boerner: other
    • Tangipa: other

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

    2025-06-11 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Laird: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Durazo: yes

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-06-23 · pass · 7-0

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

  • Do pass as amended

    2025-08-29 · pass · 7-0

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

  • 3rd Reading AB374 Nguyen et al. By Cervantes

    2025-09-09 · pass · 40-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Richardson: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Dahle: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Reyes: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Blakespear: yes

  • AB 374 Nguyen Concurrence in Senate Amendments

    2025-09-11 · pass · 79-0

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Addis: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Hoover: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • DeMaio: yes
    • Hadwick: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Sanchez: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Jeff Gonzalez: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Davies: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Chen: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Castillo: yes
    • Wallis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Ta: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Gallagher: yes
    • Ellis: yes
    • Macedo: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Dixon: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Lackey: yes
    • Flora: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Tangipa: other

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