Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. Existing law prescribes the duties and rights of employers and employees relating to specified labor laws, including, among other things, workers' compensation and notice requirements related to inspections conducted by an immigration agency.
California SB 294 (20252026) — The Workplace Know Your Rights Act.
Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. Existing law prescribes the duties and rights of employers and employees relating to specified labor laws, including, among other things, workers' compensation and notice requirements related to inspections conducted by an immigration agency.
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 [Appropriations] — 10–1 (pass) · lower
SB 294 Reyes Senate Third Reading By Ortega — 67–8 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB294 Reyes et al. Concurrence — 29–8 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–2 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended. — 11–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Reyes — primary (person)
Arreguín — coauthor (person)
Cervantes — coauthor (person)
Durazo — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
Laird — coauthor (person)
Ortega — coauthor (person)
Wiener — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-06 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-07 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 9.
2025-02-19 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2025-03-17 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
2025-03-26 Re-referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-09 Set for hearing April 29 in JUD. pending receipt.
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 870.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-30 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2. Page 938.) (April 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-01 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1194.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1289.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-28 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 8). 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 1.) (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
2025-09-04 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 Ordered to third reading.
2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 3411.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-13 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3031.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 667, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/86a9f1c5-d03c-470d-ade0-f486b3de6d3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).