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type: "Bill"
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title: "Employment contracts: adjudication: choice of law and forum."
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description: "Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of labor contracts. Existing law prohibits an employer from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition that is known by the employer to be illegal. Existing law creates the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, and generally commits to the commissioner the authority and responsibility for the enforcement of employment laws."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "SB 1241"
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citation: "California SB 1241 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Employment contracts: adjudication: choice of law and forum."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wieckowski"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 8
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first_action: "2016-02-18"
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last_action: "2016-09-25"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b553589-6c88-4421-b165-5701a7259dc3"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241"
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source_hash: "bb3fc83f96ef7a976434c9aa65a9bfdb4dc2aa02d5a6825f5a6e286b2eef7c2b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 1241 (20152016) — Employment contracts: adjudication: choice of law and forum.
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Existing law regulates the terms and conditions of labor contracts. Existing law prohibits an employer from requiring an employee or applicant for employment to agree, in writing, to any term or condition that is known by the employer to be illegal. Existing law creates the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, which is under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, and generally commits to the commissioner the authority and responsibility for the enforcement of employment laws.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124199INT)
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2. **03/29/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124198AMD)
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3. **04/18/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124197AMD)
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4. **06/14/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124196AMD)
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5. **06/20/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124195AMD)
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6. **08/19/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124194AMD)
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7. **08/29/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124193AMD)
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8. **09/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124191CHP)
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9. **SB1241** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241)
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10. **09/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1241&version=20150SB124192ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **12–6** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
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- W/O REF. TO FILE — **24–13** (pass) · upper
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- SB 1241 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — **73–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 1241 Wieckowski Senate Third Reading By ALEJO — **54–21** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading — **25–13** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Wieckowski — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2016-02-18** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20.
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- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-03-29** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-04** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-04-18** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-04-19** Set for hearing April 26.
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- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 3700.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
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- **2016-05-09** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 25. Noes 13. Page 3847.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-05-12** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2016-05-27** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-14** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-20** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-06-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 6.) (June 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 5948.) `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-19** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2016-08-24** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-24** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
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- **2016-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (August 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-29** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 21. Page 6576.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2016-08-31** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 13. Page 5597.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
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- **2016-09-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 632, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b553589-6c88-4421-b165-5701a7259dc3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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