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Bill	Employment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers.	Existing law, until December 31, 2024, requires an employer, as defined, to offer its laid-off employees specified information about job positions that become available for which the laid-off employees are qualified, and to offer positions to those laid-off employees based on a preference system, in accordance with specified timelines and procedures. Existing law, until December 31, 2024, also prohibits an employer from refusing to employ, terminating, reducing compensation, or taking other adverse action against a laid-off employee for seeking to enforce their rights under these provisions. These provisions are enforced by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 723	California SB 723 (20232024)	bill	Employment displaced workers rehiring and retention	enacted	Durazo	6	29	6	2023-02-16	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/d7c3088c-97b6-495a-8e61-9598d54d27e1	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB723	b58f81b65e0930aa50b1723a640e8cf0e51e191894c0aca5420987f73f0d90c7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 723 (20232024) — Employment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers.

Existing law, until December 31, 2024, requires an employer, as defined, to offer its laid-off employees specified information about job positions that become available for which the laid-off employees are qualified, and to offer positions to those laid-off employees based on a preference system, in accordance with specified timelines and procedures. Existing law, until December 31, 2024, also prohibits an employer from refusing to employ, terminating, reducing compensation, or taking other adverse action against a laid-off employee for seeking to enforce their rights under these provisions. These provisions are enforced by the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/20/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/07/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. SB723 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/19/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB723 Durazo et al. Concurrence — 31–9 (pass) · upper
• SB 723 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 58–18 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading — 28–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Durazo — primary (person)
• Kalra — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2023-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2023-03-01 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2023-03-20 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2023-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2023-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 898.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-01 Set for hearing May 8.
• 2023-05-08 May 8 hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-09 Set for hearing May 15.
• 2023-05-15 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 1214.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-23 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2023-05-26 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2023-06-15 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-06-15 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 July 12 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-07 Assembly Rule 69 suspended. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3010.)
• 2023-09-07 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-07 Ordered to third reading.
• 2023-09-13 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 58. Noes 18. Page 3356.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2023-09-14 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9. Page 2794.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-21 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 719, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d7c3088c-97b6-495a-8e61-9598d54d27e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).