---
type: "Bill"
title: "Minimum wages: health care workers."
description: "Existing law generally requires the minimum wage for all industries to not be less than specified amounts to be increased until it is $15 per hour commencing January 1, 2022, for employers employing 26 or more employees, and commencing January 1, 2023, for employers employing 25 or fewer employees. Existing law makes a violation of minimum wage requirements a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "SB 525"
citation: "California SB 525 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Minimum wages", "health care workers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2023-02-14"
last_action: "2023-10-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d3052577-c085-4b0f-87bd-67e48468051f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525"
source_hash: "ddf0a3acd2b9d0c6b3676ba708166ba200fa03591727d7d54ce01c440306fdce"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California SB 525 (20232024) — Minimum wages: health care workers.

Existing law generally requires the minimum wage for all industries to not be less than specified amounts to be increased until it is $15 per hour commencing January 1, 2022, for employers employing 26 or more employees, and commencing January 1, 2023, for employers employing 25 or fewer employees. Existing law makes a violation of minimum wage requirements a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52599INT)
2. **03/28/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52598AMD)
3. **04/17/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52597AMD)
4. **05/25/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52596AMD)
5. **07/03/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52595AMD)
6. **09/11/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52594AMD)
7. **10/13/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52592CHP)
8. **SB525** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525)
9. **09/25/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB525&version=20230SB52593ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB525 Durazo et al. — **21–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **4–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB525 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **31–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 525 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Haney — **63–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Durazo — primary (person)
- Addis — coauthor (person)
- Arambula — coauthor (person)
- Bonta — coauthor (person)
- Connolly — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Haney — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
- McKinnor — coauthor (person)
- Ortega — coauthor (person)
- Santiago — coauthor (person)
- Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
- Stern — coauthor (person)
- Wahab — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
- **2023-02-22** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-21** Set for hearing April 12.
- **2023-03-28** 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`
- **2023-04-13** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 712.) (April 12). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-04-21** Set for hearing May 1.
- **2023-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2023-05-12** Set for hearing May 18.
- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 1174.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-25** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-05-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 21. Noes 11. Page 1409.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2023-06-15** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2023-07-03** 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`
- **2023-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2023-08-16** August 16 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-11** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2023-09-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2023-09-12** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 60. Noes 18. Page 3228.)
- **2023-09-12** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2023-09-12** Ordered to second reading.
- **2023-09-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2023-09-14** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 3581.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2023-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2023-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2831.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-09-26** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2023-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 890, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d3052577-c085-4b0f-87bd-67e48468051f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).