CA SB 1237

enacted

Civil Rights Department.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

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Did CA SB 1237 pass?

Yes. CA SB 1237 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1019, Statutes of 2026.

What is CA SB 1237 about?

Existing law establishes the Civil Rights Department to administer and enforce various laws relating to civil rights, including the California Fair Employment and Housing Act. Existing law requires certain private employers to annually submit a pay data report to the department that includes, among other information, the number of employees by race, ethnicity, and sex, as specified, and, within each job category, for each combination of race, ethnicity, and sex, the median and mean hourly rate. Upon request from the Civil Rights Department, existing law requires a court to impose a civil penalty not to exceed $100 per employee upon any employer who fails to file the required report and not to exceed $200 per employee upon any employer for a subsequent failure to file the required report. This bill would increase the penalty for subsequent failures to file the report described above to an amount not to exceed $1,000 per employee. Existing law authorizes the department to develop, publish on an annual basis, and publicize aggregate reports based on the data obtained pursuant to their authority under this section, provided that the aggregate reports are reasonably calculated to prevent the association of any data with any individual business or person. This bill would require the department to annually publish the number of total pay data reports submitted, as provided and specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 1237?

Blakespear is the primary sponsor of CA SB 1237, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Introduced: 2026-02-19
Latest action: 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1019, Statutes of 2026.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

CivilRightsDepartment

Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 1019, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2026-08-31
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 6 p.m.
executive-receipt
2026-08-26
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-26
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 5831.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-25
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-25
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 59. Noes 19. Page 6475.) Ordered to the Senate.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 13).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-06-24
June 24 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-06-09
Coauthors revised.
2026-06-09
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (June 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-06-01
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-05-26
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2026-05-26
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 4446.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4270.) (May 14).
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2026-05-14
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-2,reading-3
2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-04-20
April 20 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 20.
2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1. Page 3757.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2026-03-18
Set for hearing April 7.
2026-03-04
Referred to Com. on JUD.
referral-committee
2026-02-20
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2026-02-19
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

Versions

02/19/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-19Compare
08/13/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-13Compare
08/28/26 - Enrolled — 2026-08-28Compare
09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-07 · pass · 10-1
Member-level votes (13)
- Wahab: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Allen: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Stern: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Niello: no
- Valladares: other
- Laird: other
Placed on suspense file
2026-04-20 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Cervantes: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Do pass
2026-05-14 · pass · 5-2
Member-level votes (7)
- Wahab: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Dahle: no
- Seyarto: no
3rd Reading
2026-05-26 · pass · 29-6
Member-level votes (40)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Wiener: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Stern: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Laird: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Allen: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Becker: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Limón: yes
- Seyarto: no
- Jones: no
- Choi: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Grove: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Strickland: other
- Gonzalez: other
- Valladares: other
- Dahle: other
- Niello: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-06-09 · pass · 9-3
Member-level votes (12)
- Stefani: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Papan: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Macedo: no
- Dixon: no
- Sanchez: no

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB1237

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