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CA SB 515

enacted

Local government: collection of demographic data.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 515 pass?

Yes. CA SB 515 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-13. Latest recorded action (2025-10-13): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 768, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 515 about?

Existing law requires the State Controller's Office, to the extent the office has completed the functionality necessary, and the Department of Human Resources, when collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians hired into state employment, to use additional collection categories and tabulations for specified Black or African American groups. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2027, require a city, county, or city and county, including a charter city, when collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of persons hired for employment by a city, county, or city and county, to include the additional collection categories and tabulations for specified Black or African American groups, as described above. The bill would make related findings and declarations. By imposing new duties on cities, counties, or a city and county, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Who sponsors CA SB 515?

Richardson is the primary sponsor of CA SB 515.

Description

Existing law requires the State Controller's Office, to the extent the office has completed the functionality necessary, and the Department of Human Resources, when collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of Californians hired into state employment, to use additional collection categories and tabulations for specified Black or African American groups. This bill would, commencing January 1, 2027, require a city, county, or city and county, including a charter city, when collecting demographic data as to the ancestry or ethnic origin of persons hired for employment by a city, county, or city and county, to include the additional collection categories and tabulations for specified Black or African American groups, as described above. The bill would make related findings and declarations. By imposing new duties on cities, counties, or a city and county, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would include findings that changes proposed by this bill address a matter of statewide concern rather than a municipal affair and, therefore, apply to all cities, including charter cities. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Introduced
2025-02-19
Latest action
2025-10-13 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 768, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Richardsonauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-19

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

    introduction,reading-1,referral-committee

  2. 2025-02-20

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

  3. 2025-02-26

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-24

    Set for hearing April 2.

  5. 2025-03-26

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  6. 2025-04-03

    From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 637.) (April 2).

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  7. 2025-04-07

    Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  8. 2025-04-08

    Set for hearing April 21.

  9. 2025-04-21

    April 21 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  10. 2025-05-16

    Set for hearing May 23.

  11. 2025-05-23

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1203.) (May 23).

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  12. 2025-05-23

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  13. 2025-05-29

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1335.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  14. 2025-05-29

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  15. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on L. GOV.

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  16. 2025-07-03

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (July 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  17. 2025-07-16

    July 16 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  18. 2025-08-29

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29).

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  19. 2025-09-02

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-09-11

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 15. Page 3315.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  21. 2025-09-12

    In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  22. 2025-09-22

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

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  23. 2025-10-13

    Approved by the Governor.

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  24. 2025-10-13

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 768, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/19/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-19Compare
  • 03/26/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-26Compare
  • 04/07/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-04-07Compare
  • 09/16/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-16Compare
  • 10/13/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-13Compare
  • SB515Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

  • Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]

    2025-04-02 · pass · 5-2

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Choi: no
    • Seyarto: no

  • Placed on suspense file

    2025-04-21 · pass · 6-0

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

  • Do pass

    2025-05-23 · pass · 5-1

    Member-level votes (7)
    • Caballero: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Seyarto: no
    • Dahle: other

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-29 · pass · 28-10

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

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

    2025-07-02 · pass · 8-0

    Member-level votes (10)
    • Stefani: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Hoover: other
    • Ta: other

  • Do pass.

    2025-08-29 · pass · 11-3

    Member-level votes (15)
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Sanchez: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Ta: other

  • SB 515 Richardson Senate Third Reading By Ransom

    2025-09-11 · pass · 61-15

    Member-level votes (80)
    • Ahrens: yes
    • Mark González: yes
    • Quirk-Silva: yes
    • Gipson: yes
    • Rogers: yes
    • Addis: yes
    • Ward: yes
    • Haney: yes
    • Hart: yes
    • Fong: yes
    • Calderon: yes
    • Elhawary: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Carrillo: yes
    • Bains: yes
    • Ransom: yes
    • Soria: yes
    • Michelle Rodriguez: yes
    • Berman: yes
    • Valencia: yes
    • Wicks: yes
    • Celeste Rodriguez: yes
    • Arambula: yes
    • Connolly: yes
    • Schultz: yes
    • Bauer-Kahan: yes
    • Bennett: yes
    • Papan: yes
    • Schiavo: yes
    • Bonta: yes
    • Ávila Farías: yes
    • Aguiar-Curry: yes
    • Pacheco: yes
    • Boerner: yes
    • Alvarez: yes
    • Lee: yes
    • Alanis: yes
    • Stefani: yes
    • Caloza: yes
    • Sharp-Collins: yes
    • Nguyen: yes
    • Ortega: yes
    • Solache: yes
    • Lowenthal: yes
    • Blanca Rubio: yes
    • Jackson: yes
    • Bryan: yes
    • Petrie-Norris: yes
    • Harabedian: yes
    • Gabriel: yes
    • Zbur: yes
    • McKinnor: yes
    • Pellerin: yes
    • Muratsuchi: yes
    • Krell: yes
    • Irwin: yes
    • Ramos: yes
    • Patel: yes
    • Kalra: yes
    • Rivas: yes
    • Garcia: yes
    • Johnson: no
    • Dixon: no
    • Hadwick: no
    • Tangipa: no
    • Macedo: no
    • Gallagher: no
    • Jeff Gonzalez: no
    • Sanchez: no
    • Chen: no
    • Castillo: no
    • Ellis: no
    • Davies: no
    • Wallis: no
    • Patterson: no
    • DeMaio: no
    • Ta: other
    • Hoover: other
    • Flora: other
    • Lackey: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB515

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