---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: payment of wages."
description: "Existing law imposes varying requirements upon employers to share the pay scale for a position with an applicant or in a job posting, as provided. Existing law defines \"pay scale\" as the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 642"
citation: "California SB 642 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment", "paymentofwages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Limón"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 31
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-10-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2910266-a8cc-48ff-8f15-d3f5a835a963"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642"
source_hash: "92a95be58b54f27b001d676da37db5664b69a37e481e3941ecfb331de4a8ced8"
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 642 (20252026) — Employment: payment of wages.

Existing law imposes varying requirements upon employers to share the pay scale for a position with an applicant or in a job posting, as provided. Existing law defines "pay scale" as the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642&version=20250SB64299INT)
2. **04/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642&version=20250SB64298AMD)
3. **05/01/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642&version=20250SB64297AMD)
4. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642&version=20250SB64296AMD)
5. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642&version=20250SB64295AMD)
6. **10/08/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642&version=20250SB64293CHP)
7. **SB642** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642)
8. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642&version=20250SB64294ENR)

## Votes

- SB 642 Limón Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **58–15** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB642 Limón et al. Concurrence — **30–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Limón — primary (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-04** Set for hearing April 23.
- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
- **2025-04-10** 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`
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 870.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 942.) (April 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-01** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2025-05-19** May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-20** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1208.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-06-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1448.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-06-04** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-09** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-09** Coauthors revised.
- **2025-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 15. Page 3007.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2717.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 468, 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/a2910266-a8cc-48ff-8f15-d3f5a835a963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).