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CA SB 617

enacted

California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act.

California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper

Quick answers

Did CA SB 617 pass?

Yes. CA SB 617 has been enacted into law as of 2025-10-01. Latest recorded action (2025-10-01): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 229, Statutes of 2025.

What is CA SB 617 about?

Existing law, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, governs mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations. Existing law prohibits an employer, with certain exceptions, from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment without giving prescribed written notice to the employees, the Employment Development Department, and other local agencies. This bill would require employers to include in the notice whether the employer plans to coordinate services through the local workforce development board or another entity, as specified, and information regarding the statewide food assistance program known as CalFresh, as specified.

Who sponsors CA SB 617?

Arreguín is the primary sponsor of CA SB 617.

Description

Existing law, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, governs mass layoffs, relocations, and terminations. Existing law prohibits an employer, with certain exceptions, from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment without giving prescribed written notice to the employees, the Employment Development Department, and other local agencies. This bill would require employers to include in the notice whether the employer plans to coordinate services through the local workforce development board or another entity, as specified, and information regarding the statewide food assistance program known as CalFresh, as specified.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-10-01 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 229, Statutes of 2025.
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Arreguínauthor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-20

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

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  2. 2025-02-21

    From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.

  3. 2025-03-05

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

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-24

    From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  5. 2025-04-11

    Set for hearing April 30.

  6. 2025-04-30

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 967.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  7. 2025-05-02

    Set for hearing May 12.

  8. 2025-05-12

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

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  9. 2025-05-13

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  10. 2025-05-28

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1272.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  11. 2025-05-28

    In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  12. 2025-06-05

    Referred to Com. on L. & E.

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  13. 2025-06-27

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

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  14. 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.

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  15. 2025-08-20

    From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20).

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  16. 2025-08-21

    Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.

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  17. 2025-08-25

    Ordered to third reading.

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  18. 2025-08-25

    From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Garcia.

  19. 2025-08-27

    Ordered to third reading.

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  20. 2025-08-27

    Read third time and amended.

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  21. 2025-09-02

    Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2819.) Ordered to the Senate.

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  22. 2025-09-03

    In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  23. 2025-09-04

    Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2511.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  24. 2025-09-09

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

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  25. 2025-10-01

    Approved by the Governor.

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  26. 2025-10-01

    Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 229, Statutes of 2025.

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Versions

  • 02/20/25 - Introduced — 2025-02-20Compare
  • 03/24/25 - Amended Senate — 2025-03-24Compare
  • 06/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-06-27Compare
  • 08/27/25 - Amended Assembly — 2025-08-27Compare
  • 09/05/25 - Enrolled — 2025-09-05Compare
  • 10/01/25 - Chaptered — 2025-10-01Compare
  • SB617Compare
  • (document, no version)Compare

Documents

Votes

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

    2025-04-30 · pass · 5-0

    Member-level votes (5)
    • Cortese: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Strickland: yes

  • 3rd Reading

    2025-05-28 · pass · 36-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • McNerney: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Stern: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Reyes: other
    • Cervantes: other
    • Grove: 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. 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 617 Arreguín Senate Third Reading By Ortega

    2025-09-02 · pass · 77-0

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

  • Unfinished Business SB617 Arreguín Concurrence

    2025-09-04 · pass · 38-0

    Member-level votes (40)
    • Stern: yes
    • Durazo: yes
    • Cabaldon: yes
    • McGuire: yes
    • Laird: yes
    • Limón: yes
    • Valladares: yes
    • Menjivar: yes
    • Wahab: yes
    • Alvarado-Gil: yes
    • Rubio: yes
    • Pérez: yes
    • Cortese: yes
    • Gonzalez: yes
    • Choi: yes
    • Umberg: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Blakespear: yes
    • Arreguín: yes
    • Hurtado: yes
    • Padilla: yes
    • Caballero: yes
    • Weber Pierson: yes
    • Niello: yes
    • Grove: yes
    • Jones: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Ochoa Bogh: yes
    • Archuleta: yes
    • Grayson: yes
    • Wiener: yes
    • Cervantes: yes
    • Seyarto: yes
    • Strickland: yes
    • McNerney: yes
    • Becker: yes
    • Dahle: other
    • Reyes: other

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http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB617

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