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Bill	Employment: labor organization and unfair practices.	Existing law declares the public policy of the state regarding labor organization, including, among other things, that it is necessary for a worker to have full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of their employment, and to be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 288	California AB 288 (20252026)	bill	Employment labororganizationandunfairpractices	enacted	McKinnor	9	33	10	2025-01-22	2025-09-30	openstates	ocd-bill/a376f053-473b-45c3-b180-9e98afa8926c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB288	d4da584277b7b4ec9e4e4b8df5f1e9f526a8a77d7abe7f73be7253195804ce8a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 288 (20252026) — Employment: labor organization and unfair practices.

Existing law declares the public policy of the state regarding labor organization, including, among other things, that it is necessary for a worker to have full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing, to negotiate the terms and conditions of their employment, and to be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives or in self-organization or in other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection.

Version chain

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

1. 01/22/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/24/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/21/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/19/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/05/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/30/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB288 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB288 McKinnor et al. By Umberg — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• AB 288 McKinnor Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 67–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 288 McKinnor Assembly Third Reading — 68–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• McKinnor — primary (person)
• Addis — coauthor (person)
• Ahrens — coauthor (person)
• Arambula — coauthor (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Arreguín — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Berman — coauthor (person)
• Blakespear — coauthor (person)
• Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Bryan — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — coauthor (person)
• Cervantes — coauthor (person)
• Chen — coauthor (person)
• Connolly — coauthor (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Elhawary — coauthor (person)
• Garcia — coauthor (person)
• Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
• Grayson — coauthor (person)
• Haney — coauthor (person)
• Jackson — coauthor (person)
• Mark González — coauthor (person)
• McNerney — coauthor (person)
• Menjivar — coauthor (person)
• Ortega — coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — coauthor (person)
• Pérez — coauthor (person)
• Ramos — coauthor (person)
• Ransom — coauthor (person)
• Rogers — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Sharp-Collins — coauthor (person)
• Smallwood-Cuevas — coauthor (person)
• Stefani — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Valencia — coauthor (person)
• Wallis — coauthor (person)
• Ward — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)
• Wilson — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-01-23 From printer. May be heard in committee February 22.
• 2025-02-10 Referred to Com. on P. E. & R. referral-committee
• 2025-03-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P. E. & R. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-03-25 Re-referred to Com. on P. E. & R. referral-committee
• 2025-04-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-04-22 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2025-04-22 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-05-07 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-05-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 68. Noes 2. Page 1818.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-03 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-06-11 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-06-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-06-19 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2025-06-26 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 1.) (July 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 29). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2025-08-29 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-05 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2729.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 5. Page 3194.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-09-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-09-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 139, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a376f053-473b-45c3-b180-9e98afa8926c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).