Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.
Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the enforcement of labor laws. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to investigate employee complaints and to provide for a hearing in any action to recover wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation, as specified.
California SB 261 (20252026) — Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.
Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the enforcement of labor laws. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to investigate employee complaints and to provide for a hearing in any action to recover wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation, as specified.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Wahab — primary (person)
Cortese — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Wiener — author (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-03 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-04 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
2025-02-14 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-17 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-03-18 Set for hearing March 26.
2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 567.) (March 26). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-27 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-01 Set for hearing April 8.
2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 705.) (April 8). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-10 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-17 Set for hearing April 28.
2025-04-28 April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1193.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-06-04 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 1514.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-06-05 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-16 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-16 Coauthors revised.
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 2997.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-08 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-09 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2710.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-16 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2025-10-13 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-13 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 747, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f28928ef-24b0-46c5-a3ec-b681fe95fac1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).