Existing law, the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) , authorizes an aggrieved employee, as defined, to bring a civil action, on behalf of that employee and other current or former employees, to enforce a violation of any provision of the Labor Code that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or any of its departments, divisions, commissions, boards, agencies, or employees pursuant to certain notice and cure provisions, as prescribed.
California SB 92 (20232024) — Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004.
Existing law, the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) , authorizes an aggrieved employee, as defined, to bring a civil action, on behalf of that employee and other current or former employees, to enforce a violation of any provision of the Labor Code that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or any of its departments, divisions, commissions, boards, agencies, or employees pursuant to certain notice and cure provisions, as prescribed.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
SB 92 Umberg Third Reading Urgency By Kalra — 76–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 35–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Unfinished Business SB92 Umberg et al. Urgency Clause Concurrence — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Umberg — primary (person)
Addis — coauthor (person)
Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
Archuleta — principal coauthor (person)
Ashby — principal coauthor (person)
Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
Becker — principal coauthor (person)
Bennett — coauthor (person)
Berman — coauthor (person)
Bonta — coauthor (person)
Caballero — principal coauthor (person)
Calderon — coauthor (person)
Cortese — principal coauthor (person)
Dodd — principal coauthor (person)
Durazo — principal coauthor (person)
Friedman — coauthor (person)
Grayson — coauthor (person)
Grove — principal coauthor (person)
Hart — coauthor (person)
Holden — coauthor (person)
Irwin — coauthor (person)
Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
Laird — principal coauthor (person)
Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
Menjivar — principal coauthor (person)
Mike Fong — coauthor (person)
Min — principal coauthor (person)
Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
Newman — principal coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Pacheco — coauthor (person)
Pellerin — coauthor (person)
Portantino — principal coauthor (person)
Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
Rendon — coauthor (person)
Robert Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
Rodriguez — coauthor (person)
Roth — principal coauthor (person)
Rubio — principal coauthor (person)
Stephanie Nguyen — coauthor (person)
Stern — principal coauthor (person)
Villapudua — coauthor (person)
Wahab — principal coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Wendy Carrillo — coauthor (person)
Wicks — coauthor (person)
Wilson — coauthor (person)
Zbur — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2023-01-18 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2023-01-19 From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 18.
2023-01-25 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2024-01-03 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
2024-01-03 Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. referral-committee
2024-01-04 Set for hearing January 9.
2024-01-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 2958.) (January 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-01-10 Set for hearing January 16.
2024-01-16 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2024-01-17 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-01-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 35. Noes 1. Page 3047.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-01-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2024-04-29 Referred to Com. on PUB. S. referral-committee
2024-06-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2024-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2024-06-24 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
2024-06-24 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2024-06-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 6082.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2024-06-27 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2024-06-27 Urgency clause adopted.
2024-06-27 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 4824.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2024-06-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2024-07-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2024-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 45, Statutes of 2024. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43c9ff4e-f160-42a7-851b-315466d10fcb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).