republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-1255.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employee compensation: itemized statements."
description: "Existing law requires every employer, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, to furnish each employee an accurate itemized statement in writing showing specified information, including, among other things, the name of the employee and the last 4 digits of his or her social security number or an employee identification number, the gross wages earned, all deductions, net wages earned, the inclusive dates of the period for which the employee is paid, and the name and address of the legal entity that is the employer and, if the employer is a farm labor contractor, as defined, the name and address of the legal entity that secured the services of the employer. Existing law provides that an employee suffering injury as a result of a knowing and intentional failure by an employer to comply with this requirement is entitled to recover the greater of all actual damages or a specified sum, not exceeding an aggregate penalty of $4,000, and is entitled to an award of costs and reasonable attorney's fees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 1255"
citation: "California SB 1255 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employee compensation: itemized statements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Wright"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-23"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/371a12e9-89b8-46af-8023-4d8e4469cbd4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255"
source_hash: "a3615010804cc802651b715f92ac00c551754057ee37b64894a481ad711b9467"
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 1255 (20112012) — Employee compensation: itemized statements.

Existing law requires every employer, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, to furnish each employee an accurate itemized statement in writing showing specified information, including, among other things, the name of the employee and the last 4 digits of his or her social security number or an employee identification number, the gross wages earned, all deductions, net wages earned, the inclusive dates of the period for which the employee is paid, and the name and address of the legal entity that is the employer and, if the employer is a farm labor contractor, as defined, the name and address of the legal entity that secured the services of the employer. Existing law provides that an employee suffering injury as a result of a knowing and intentional failure by an employer to comply with this requirement is entitled to recover the greater of all actual damages or a specified sum, not exceeding an aggregate penalty of $4,000, and is entitled to an award of costs and reasonable attorney's fees.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/23/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125599INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125598AMD)
3. **04/30/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125597AMD)
4. **05/15/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125596AMD)
5. **08/16/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125595AMD)
6. **08/23/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125594AMD)
7. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125592CHP)
8. **SB1255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255)
9. **08/31/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB1255&version=20110SB125593ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading — **25–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB1255 Wright Concurrence — **24–11** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- SB 1255 Wright Senate Third Reading By SWANSON — **50–29** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Wright — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-23** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2012-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
- **2012-03-08** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-28** Set for hearing April 11.
- **2012-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 3122.) (April 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Set for hearing May 8.
- **2012-04-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-05-14** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3459.) (May 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-15** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 3639.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-30** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2012-06-07** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-21** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-16** Read third time and amended. (Page 5952.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-16** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-23** Read third time and amended. (Page 6168.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Ordered to third reading.
- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 6332.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4978.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 843, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/371a12e9-89b8-46af-8023-4d8e4469cbd4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).