republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1063.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Conditions of employment: wage differential: race or ethnicity."
description: "Existing law prohibits an employer from paying any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions, unless the employer demonstrates that specific, reasonably applied factors account for the entire wage differential. Existing law authorizes an employee paid lesser wages in violation of this prohibition to file a complaint with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and authorizes the employee, the division, or the Department of Industrial Relations to commence a civil action for the wages the employee was deprived of because of the violation, interest on those wages, and liquidated damages. Under existing law, an employer or other person who violates or causes a violation of that prohibition, or who reduces the wages of any employee in order to comply with that prohibition, is guilty of a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1063"
citation: "California SB 1063 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Conditions of employment: wage differential: race or ethnicity."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2016-02-16"
last_action: "2016-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e34caaf-8f66-4bc3-b6ac-2a7869346db9"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1063"
source_hash: "b459269a74dff872e8982332c613197dfe7430d7e2301a83743622c13c448d3a"
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 1063 (20152016) — Conditions of employment: wage differential: race or ethnicity.

Existing law prohibits an employer from paying any of its employees at wage rates less than the rates paid to employees of the opposite sex for substantially similar work, when viewed as a composite of skill, effort, and responsibility, and performed under similar working conditions, unless the employer demonstrates that specific, reasonably applied factors account for the entire wage differential. Existing law authorizes an employee paid lesser wages in violation of this prohibition to file a complaint with the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, and authorizes the employee, the division, or the Department of Industrial Relations to commence a civil action for the wages the employee was deprived of because of the violation, interest on those wages, and liquidated damages. Under existing law, an employer or other person who violates or causes a violation of that prohibition, or who reduces the wages of any employee in order to comply with that prohibition, is guilty of a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1063&version=20150SB106399INT)
2. **04/20/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1063&version=20150SB106398AMD)
3. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1063&version=20150SB106397AMD)
4. **09/30/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1063&version=20150SB106395CHP)
5. **SB1063** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1063)
6. **08/29/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1063&version=20150SB106396ENR)

## Votes

- Unfinished Business SB1063 Hall Concurrence — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 1063 Hall Senate Third Reading By BURKE — **60–14** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **14–5** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Brown — coauthor (person)
- Campos — coauthor (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- McCarty — coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Ridley-Thomas — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 18.
- **2016-02-25** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-05** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2016-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3520.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-15** Set for hearing April 25.
- **2016-04-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-20** (Corrected May 2).
- **2016-04-25** April 25 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-05-20** Set for hearing May 27.
- **2016-05-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4002.) (May 27). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 4042.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-01** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-06** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2016-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** June 29 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2016-08-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 5.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-18** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-18** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read a third time, amended and ordered to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
- **2016-08-23** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 6083.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-08-25** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 5403.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2016-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 866, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e34caaf-8f66-4bc3-b6ac-2a7869346db9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).