CA SB 951
enactedEmployment: technological displacement: notice.
California · 2025-2026 Regular Session · upper
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Quick answers
Did CA SB 951 pass?
Yes. CA SB 951 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2026-09-30): Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 860, Statutes of 2026.
What is CA SB 951 about?
Existing law, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (Cal/WARN Act) , prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the employees affected by the order and to the Employment Development Department and certain local officials. Existing law makes an employer who fails to give specified notice regarding a mass layoff, relocation, or termination subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day of the employer's violation. This bill would revise the Cal/WARN Act to also require an employer giving notice of a mass layoff, relocation, or termination caused in whole or in substantial part by an artificial intelligence (AI) system or other automated technology replacing or automating employment positions to include certain information in the notice, including the job functions performed by workers that will be automated by AI or other automated technology. The bill would require the department to publish a summary of the notices received on its internet website and to post a quarterly statewide summary of technological displacements reported. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature on artificial intelligence's effects on business hiring practices, including its impact on industries and occupations at the state and regional level. The bill would repeal the provision requiring that report on January 1, 2029.
Who sponsors CA SB 951?
Reyes is the primary sponsor of CA SB 951, joined by 2 cosponsors.
Description
Existing law, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (Cal/WARN Act) , prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the employees affected by the order and to the Employment Development Department and certain local officials. Existing law makes an employer who fails to give specified notice regarding a mass layoff, relocation, or termination subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day of the employer's violation. This bill would revise the Cal/WARN Act to also require an employer giving notice of a mass layoff, relocation, or termination caused in whole or in substantial part by an artificial intelligence (AI) system or other automated technology replacing or automating employment positions to include certain information in the notice, including the job functions performed by workers that will be automated by AI or other automated technology. The bill would require the department to publish a summary of the notices received on its internet website and to post a quarterly statewide summary of technological displacements reported. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature on artificial intelligence's effects on business hiring practices, including its impact on industries and occupations at the state and regional level. The bill would repeal the provision requiring that report on January 1, 2029.
- Introduced
- 2026-02-02
- Latest action
- 2026-09-30 — Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 860, Statutes of 2026.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Reyesauthor
- Bauer-Kahancoauthor
- Lowenthalcoauthor
Committees
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Action timeline
Newest first
2026-09-30
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 860, Statutes of 2026.
became-law
2026-09-30
Approved by the Governor.
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2026-09-09
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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2026-08-31
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
2026-08-31
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2026-08-31
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2026-08-31
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 56. Noes 15. Page 6980.) Ordered to the Senate.
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2026-08-21
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended.
2026-08-21
Read third time and amended.
2026-08-21
Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-21
Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)
2026-08-17
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
2026-08-13
Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
2026-08-13
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 13).
2026-08-13
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
2026-08-05
August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2026-07-02
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
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2026-07-02
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 1).
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2026-06-22
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2026-06-11
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.
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2026-05-26
Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and P. & C.P.
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2026-05-20
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
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2026-05-20
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4377.) Ordered to the Assembly.
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2026-05-18
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
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2026-05-14
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4258.) (May 14).
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2026-05-14
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
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2026-05-08
Set for hearing May 14.
2026-05-04
May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2026-04-24
Set for hearing May 4.
2026-04-22
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
amendment-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-04-21
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3957.) (April 20).
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2026-04-10
Set for hearing April 20 in P., D.T., & C.P. pending receipt.
2026-04-09
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.
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2026-04-08
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 3794.) (April 8).
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2026-03-26
From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
amendment-passage,committee-passage,reading-1,reading-2,referral-committee
2026-03-26
Set for hearing April 8.
2026-02-18
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and P., D.T., & C.P.
referral-committee
2026-02-03
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.
2026-02-02
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
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Versions
- 02/02/26 - Introduced — 2026-02-02Compare
- 03/26/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-03-26Compare
- 04/09/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-09Compare
- 04/22/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-04-22Compare
- 05/14/26 - Amended Senate — 2026-05-14Compare
- 06/22/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-06-22Compare
- 07/02/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-07-02Compare
- 08/13/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-13Compare
- 08/21/26 - Amended Assembly — 2026-08-21Compare
- 09/04/26 - Enrolled — 2026-09-04Compare
- 09/30/26 - Chaptered — 2026-09-30Compare
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Votes
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection]
2026-04-08 · pass · 3-1
Member-level votes (5)
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Strickland: no
- Laird: other
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-04-20 · pass · 7-2
Member-level votes (9)
- Cabaldon: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Reyes: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Wiener: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Jones: no
- Seyarto: no
Placed on suspense file
2026-05-04 · pass · 7-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Dahle: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Seyarto: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Grayson: yes
Do pass as amended
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
2026-05-20 · pass · 28-9
Member-level votes (40)
- Limón: yes
- Menjivar: yes
- Blakespear: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Smallwood-Cuevas: yes
- Caballero: yes
- Grayson: yes
- McGuire: yes
- Gonzalez: yes
- Cabaldon: yes
- Stern: yes
- Allen: yes
- Cervantes: yes
- Wiener: yes
- McNerney: yes
- Rubio: yes
- Umberg: yes
- Arreguín: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Cortese: yes
- Reyes: yes
- Laird: yes
- Weber Pierson: yes
- Durazo: yes
- Archuleta: yes
- Wahab: yes
- Padilla: yes
- Pérez: yes
- Jones: no
- Strickland: no
- Alvarado-Gil: no
- Choi: no
- Seyarto: no
- Valladares: no
- Ochoa Bogh: no
- Dahle: no
- Niello: no
- Becker: other
- Grove: other
- Hurtado: other
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Privacy and Consumer Protection]
2026-06-10 · pass · 5-0
Member-level votes (7)
- Lee: yes
- Kalra: yes
- Arambula: yes
- Ward: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Chen: other
- Alanis: other
Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations]
2026-07-01 · pass · 11-2
Member-level votes (15)
- Bauer-Kahan: yes
- Bryan: yes
- Lowenthal: yes
- Ward: yes
- Petrie-Norris: yes
- McKinnor: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Bennett: yes
- Ortega: yes
- Irwin: yes
- Pellerin: yes
- Macedo: no
- DeMaio: no
- Patterson: other
- Hoover: other
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