--- type: "Bill" title: "Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022." description: "Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a day's work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law requires a person who unlawfully withholds wages due an employee, as provided, to be subject to specified civil penalties. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of these provisions." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20252026" identifier: "SB 400" citation: "California SB 400 (20252026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Labor", "electivecompensationundertheInflationReductionActof2022"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"] version_count: 10 action_count: 43 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2025-02-14" last_action: "2025-10-01" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b750bdc-72f3-4174-b52f-3522470d8ee9" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400" source_hash: "c974d127f8fb91056d83ba4d368b9e69b2782dedb56c468f21e1f02c29aface4" 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 400 (20252026) — Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a day's work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law requires a person who unlawfully withholds wages due an employee, as provided, to be subject to specified civil penalties. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of these provisions. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40099INT) 2. **03/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40098AMD) 3. **04/07/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40097AMD) 4. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40096AMD) 5. **06/30/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40095AMD) 6. **08/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40094AMD) 7. **09/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40093AMD) 8. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40091CHP) 9. **SB400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400) 10. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40092ENR) ## Votes - Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper - SB 400 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower - SB 400 Cortese Third Reading Urgency By Calderon — **80–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Cortese — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2025-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17. - **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2025-03-11** Set for hearing March 25. - **2025-03-13** March 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2025-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 8. - **2025-04-03** April 8 hearing postponed by committee. - **2025-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 22. - **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 842.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5. - **2025-05-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2025-05-19** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2025-06-24** July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2025-06-27** Re-referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee` - **2025-06-30** 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` - **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. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2025-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2778.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2025-08-29** Action rescinded whereby bill was re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2025-08-29** Ordered to the Assembly. - **2025-08-29** In Assembly. Held at Desk. - **2025-09-02** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, Urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3` - **2025-09-02** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2025-09-03** (Corrected September 18.) - **2025-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3277.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2025-09-12** Urgency clause adopted. - **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2968.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m. - **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 220, Statutes of 2025. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b750bdc-72f3-4174-b52f-3522470d8ee9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).