CA AB 858
enactedEmployment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · lower
Quick answers
Did CA AB 858 pass?
Yes. CA AB 858 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-03. Latest recorded action (2025-10-03): Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, Statutes of 2025.
What is CA AB 858 about?
Existing law, until December 31, 2025, requires an employer, as defined, to offer its laid-off employees specified information about job positions that become available for which the laid-off employees are qualified, and to offer positions to those laid-off employees based on a preference system, in accordance with specified timelines and procedures. Existing law, until December 31, 2025, also prohibits an employer from refusing to employ, terminating, reducing compensation, or taking other adverse action against a laid-off employee for seeking to enforce their rights under these provisions. These provisions are enforced by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, as prescribed. Existing law defines "laid-off employee" for these purposes to mean an employee who was employed by the employer for 6 months or more and whose most recent separation from active employment by the employer occurred on or after March 4, 2020, and was due to a reason related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a public health directive or reduction in force, among other reasons. Existing law also creates a presumption that a separation due to a lack of business, reduction in force, or other economic, nondisciplinary reason is due to a reason related to the COVID-19 pandemic, unless the employer establishes otherwise by a preponderance of the evidence. This bill would extend operation of these provisions until January 1, 2027, except as specified.
Who sponsors CA AB 858?
Lee is the primary sponsor of CA AB 858, joined by 1 cosponsor.
Description
Existing law, until December 31, 2025, requires an employer, as defined, to offer its laid-off employees specified information about job positions that become available for which the laid-off employees are qualified, and to offer positions to those laid-off employees based on a preference system, in accordance with specified timelines and procedures. Existing law, until December 31, 2025, also prohibits an employer from refusing to employ, terminating, reducing compensation, or taking other adverse action against a laid-off employee for seeking to enforce their rights under these provisions. These provisions are enforced by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, as prescribed. Existing law defines "laid-off employee" for these purposes to mean an employee who was employed by the employer for 6 months or more and whose most recent separation from active employment by the employer occurred on or after March 4, 2020, and was due to a reason related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including a public health directive or reduction in force, among other reasons. Existing law also creates a presumption that a separation due to a lack of business, reduction in force, or other economic, nondisciplinary reason is due to a reason related to the COVID-19 pandemic, unless the employer establishes otherwise by a preponderance of the evidence. This bill would extend operation of these provisions until January 1, 2027, except as specified.
- Introduced
- 2025-04-07
- Latest action
- 2025-10-03 — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, Statutes of 2025.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Leeauthor
- Durazoprincipal coauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
2025-02-19
Read first time. To print.
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2025-02-20
From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
2025-03-03
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2025-04-07
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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2025-04-08
Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
referral-committee
2025-04-24
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2025-05-07
In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.
referral-committee
2025-05-23
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (May 23).
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2025-05-27
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-06-03
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 19. Page 2023.)
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2025-06-04
In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
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2025-06-18
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
referral-committee
2025-06-26
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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2025-07-09
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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2025-08-18
In committee: Referred to suspense file.
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2025-08-29
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29).
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2025-08-29
Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.
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2025-09-02
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2025-09-10
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 2808.).
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2025-09-10
In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
2025-09-11
Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 49. Noes 19. Page 3304.).
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2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
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2025-10-03
Approved by the Governor.
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2025-10-03
Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 280, Statutes of 2025.
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Votes
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2025-04-23 · pass · 5-1
Member-level votes (7)
- Lee: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Ward: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Flora: no
- Chen: other
Do pass.
2025-05-23 · pass · 10-3
Member-level votes (15)
- Calderon: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Solache: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Fong: yes
- Ta: no
- Dixon: no
- Tangipa: no
- Pacheco: other
- Sanchez: other
AB 858 Lee Assembly Third Reading
2025-06-04 · pass · 52-19
Member-level votes (79)
- Berman: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Fong: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Haney: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Soria: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Bains: yes
- Addis: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lee: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ward: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Krell: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Gipson: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Hart: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Sanchez: no
- Tangipa: no
- Gallagher: no
- Castillo: no
- Flora: no
- Ta: no
- Ellis: no
- Alanis: no
- Patterson: no
- Hoover: no
- Irwin: no
- Lackey: no
- Dixon: no
- Davies: no
- Hadwick: no
- Wallis: no
- DeMaio: no
- Macedo: no
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Patel: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Nguyen: other
- Chen: other
- Bauer-Kahan: 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 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
3rd Reading AB858 Lee et al. By Durazo
2025-09-10 · pass · 29-10
Member-level votes (40)
- Umberg: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Limón: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Laird: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Rubio: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Choi: no
- Strickland: no
- Grove: no
- Niello: no
- Jones: no
- Dahle: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Blakespear: other
AB 858 Lee Concurrence in Senate Amendments
2025-09-11 · pass · 49-19
Member-level votes (80)
- Ahrens: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Addis: yes
- Ward: yes
- Haney: yes
- Hart: yes
- Fong: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Bains: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Berman: yes
- Valencia: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Papan: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Alvarez: yes
- Lee: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Solache: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Zbur: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Krell: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Johnson: no
- Dixon: no
- Jeff Gonzalez: no
- Castillo: no
- Alanis: no
- Wallis: no
- Patterson: no
- Ta: no
- Hoover: no
- Gallagher: no
- Macedo: no
- Ellis: no
- Davies: no
- DeMaio: no
- Hadwick: no
- Irwin: no
- Tangipa: no
- Lackey: no
- Sanchez: no
- Quirk-Silva: other
- Nguyen: other
- Bauer-Kahan: other
- Bennett: other
- Ramos: other
- Blanca Rubio: other
- Patel: other
- Petrie-Norris: other
- Pacheco: other
- Chen: other
- Flora: other
- Soria: other
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