CA SB 400

enacted

Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Description

Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a day's work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law requires a person who unlawfully withholds wages due an employee, as provided, to be subject to specified civil penalties. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of these provisions. Existing law makes every person who fails to pay the wages of each employee subject to a specified penalty. Existing law requires the penalty to either be recovered by an employee as a statutory penalty or by the Labor Commissioner as a civil penalty, as prescribed. Existing law defines "public works," for purposes of regulating public works contracts, as, among other things, construction, alteration, demolition, installation, or repair work done under contract and paid for, in whole or in part, out of public funds. Existing law further requires that, except as specified, not less than the general prevailing rate of per diem wages be paid to workers employed on public works and imposes misdemeanor penalties for a violation of this requirement. Existing law provides that for the purposes of provisions of law relating to the payment of prevailing wages, "public works" includes specified types of construction, alteration, demolition, installation, and repair work. Existing law, the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004, authorizes an aggrieved employee to recover through a civil action a civil penalty that may be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, as specified. This bill would, until January 1, 2029, authorize a taxpayer, employer, contractor, or subcontractor to make an elective retroactive wage payment, as defined, to workers who performed work on a qualified renewable clean energy facility pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (Public Law 117-169) if certain requirements are met, including, among others, that the facility is not a public works project, as defined, and would not otherwise be subject to the Davis-Bacon Act, as specified. The bill would specify that those provisions do not apply to, among others, violations of any other provision of law unrelated to the payment of retroactive prevailing wage correction payments in connection with the application for federal tax benefits pursuant to the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The bill would limit that authorization to renewable energy facility construction or repairs commenced on or after January 1, 2023, that were completed on or before December 31, 2024. The bill would make related findings and declarations. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Introduced: 2025-02-14
Status date: —
Latest action: 2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 220, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

Subjects

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

2025-02-14
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
introduction,reading-1,referral-committee
2025-02-18
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
2025-02-26
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
referral-committee
2025-03-11
Set for hearing March 25.
2025-03-13
March 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-03-27
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-01
Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-03
April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-07
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-04-08
Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-23
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 842.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-04-25
Set for hearing May 5.
2025-05-05
From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-06
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-05-08
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly.
passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-05-08
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
reading-1
2025-05-19
Referred to Com. on TRANS.
referral-committee
2025-06-23
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-06-24
July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-06-27
Re-referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
referral-committee
2025-06-30
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2025-07-10
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable,referral-committee
2025-08-20
From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2
2025-08-25
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
reading-1,reading-2
2025-08-28
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2778.) Ordered to the Senate.
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-08-28
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-08-29
Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
referral-committee
2025-08-29
Action rescinded whereby bill was re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d).
referral-committee
2025-08-29
Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-08-29
In Assembly. Held at Desk.
2025-09-02
Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, Urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate.
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-02
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-03
Read third time and amended.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-03
Ordered to third reading.
reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-03
(Corrected September 18.)
2025-09-11
Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3277.) Ordered to the Senate.
amendment-passage,passage,reading-1,reading-3
2025-09-12
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-12
Urgency clause adopted.
amendment-passage,passage
2025-09-12
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2968.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
executive-receipt
2025-10-01
Approved by the Governor.
executive-signature
2025-10-01
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 220, Statutes of 2025.
became-law

Versions

02/14/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-14Compare
03/27/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-27Compare
04/07/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-07Compare
06/23/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-23Compare
06/30/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-30Compare
08/21/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-21Compare
09/03/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-09-03Compare
09/17/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-17Compare
10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
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Documents

Votes

Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-04-22 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Gonzalez: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Seyarto: yes
Consent Calendar 2nd
2025-05-08 · pass · 36-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Grove: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Becker: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Wiener: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Limón: yes
- Choi: yes
- Caballero: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Jones: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Allen: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Stern: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Laird: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Rubio: other
- Valladares: other
- Reyes: other
- Hurtado: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar
2025-07-09 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Kalra: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Ward: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Lee: yes
- Flora: yes
- Chen: yes
Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar.
2025-08-20 · pass · 15-0
Member-level votes (15)
- Fong: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Ta: yes
- Solache: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Dixon: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Elhawary: yes
- Hart: yes
- Mark González: yes
SB 400 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day
2025-08-28 · pass · 74-0
Member-level votes (79)
- Michelle Rodriguez: yes
- Zbur: yes
- Jeff Gonzalez: yes
- Carrillo: yes
- Stefani: yes
- Dixon: yes
- DeMaio: yes
- Krell: yes
- Muratsuchi: yes
- Ransom: yes
- Schiavo: yes
- Ahrens: yes
- Tangipa: yes
- Chen: yes
- Blanca Rubio: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Papan: yes
- Lee: yes
- Soria: yes
- Ellis: yes
- Bonta: yes
- Addis: yes
- Aguiar-Curry: yes
- Garcia: yes
- Hadwick: yes
- Hart: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Nguyen: yes
- Mark González: yes
- Solache: yes
- Gabriel: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Castillo: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Harabedian: yes
- Ward: yes
- Schultz: yes
- Calderon: yes
- Ta: yes
- Alanis: yes
- Pacheco: yes
- Macedo: yes
- Wicks: yes
- Connolly: yes
- Bains: yes
- Flora: yes
- Sanchez: yes
- Jackson: yes
- Lackey: yes
- Patel: yes
- Davies: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Celeste Rodriguez: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- Ávila Farías: yes
- Caloza: yes
- Sharp-Collins: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Hoover: yes
- Fong: yes
- Gipson: yes
- Patterson: yes
- Quirk-Silva: yes
- Rivas: yes
- Rogers: yes
- Boerner: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ramos: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Haney: yes
- Wallis: yes
- Alvarez: other
- Berman: other
- Elhawary: other
- Valencia: other
- Gallagher: other
SB 400 Cortese Third Reading Urgency By Calderon
2025-09-11 · pass · 80-0
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
- Tangipa: 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
Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence
2025-09-12 · pass · 38-0
Member-level votes (40)
- Wahab: yes
- Laird: yes
- Alvarado-Gil: yes
- Stern: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Hurtado: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Strickland: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Allen: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Valladares: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Grove: yes
- Limón: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Choi: other
- Gonzalez: other
- McGuire: yes
- Becker: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Grayson: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Dahle: yes
- Niello: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Ochoa Bogh: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Wiener: yes

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