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CA SB 513

enacted

Personnel records.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 513 pass?

Yes. CA SB 513 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-11. Latest recorded action (2025-10-11): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 654, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 513 about?

Existing law grants current and former employees, or their representative, the right to inspect and receive a copy of personnel records maintained by the employer relating to the employee's performance or to any grievance concerning the employee. Existing law requires the employer to make the contents of those personnel records available for inspection, as specified, and makes it a crime for an employer to violate these requirements. This bill would provide that personnel records relating to the employee's performance include education and training records and would require an employer who maintains education and training records to ensure those records include specified information. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Who sponsors CA SB 513?

Durazo is the primary sponsor of CA SB 513, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Description

Existing law grants current and former employees, or their representative, the right to inspect and receive a copy of personnel records maintained by the employer relating to the employee's performance or to any grievance concerning the employee. Existing law requires the employer to make the contents of those personnel records available for inspection, as specified, and makes it a crime for an employer to violate these requirements. This bill would provide that personnel records relating to the employee's performance include education and training records and would require an employer who maintains education and training records to ensure those records include specified information. By expanding the scope of an existing crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2025-10-11 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 654, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Durazoauthor
  • Graysoncoauthor
  • Kalracoauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

    Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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  2. 2025-02-20

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-18

    Set for hearing March 26.

  5. 2025-03-26

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 568.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  6. 2025-03-28

    Set for hearing April 7.

  7. 2025-04-03

    April 7 hearing postponed by committee.

  8. 2025-04-04

    Set for hearing April 21.

  9. 2025-04-21

    From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

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  10. 2025-04-22

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  11. 2025-05-06

    Read third time and amended.

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  12. 2025-05-06

    Ordered to second reading.

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  13. 2025-05-07

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  14. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1307.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  15. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  16. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on L. & E.

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  17. 2025-07-10

    Coauthors revised.

  18. 2025-07-10

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  19. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 20).

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  20. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. 2025-09-03

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2866.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  22. 2025-09-04

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  23. 2025-09-09

    Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  24. 2025-10-11

    Approved by the Governor.

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  25. 2025-10-11

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 654, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 05/06/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-05-06Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/11/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-11Compare
  • SB513Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-03-26 · pass · 4-1

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: no

  • 3rd Reading SB513 Durazo et al.

    2025-05-28 · pass · 29-9

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Grove: no
    • Ochoa Bogh: no
    • Niello: no
    • Dahle: no
    • Strickland: no
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no
    • Valladares: no
    • Jones: no
    • Limón: other
    • Reyes: other

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

    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.

    2025-08-20 · pass · 14-0

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Fong: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Tangipa: 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
    • Ta: other

  • SB 513 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Kalra

    2025-09-03 · pass · 78-0

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

Related bills

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB513

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