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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022."
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description: "Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a day's work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law requires a person who unlawfully withholds wages due an employee, as provided, to be subject to specified civil penalties. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of these provisions."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20252026"
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identifier: "SB 400"
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citation: "California SB 400 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Labor", "electivecompensationundertheInflationReductionActof2022"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cortese"]
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version_count: 10
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action_count: 43
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2025-02-14"
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last_action: "2025-10-01"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b750bdc-72f3-4174-b52f-3522470d8ee9"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400"
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source_hash: "c974d127f8fb91056d83ba4d368b9e69b2782dedb56c468f21e1f02c29aface4"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 400 (20252026) — Labor: elective compensation under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.
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Existing law, with certain exceptions, establishes 8 hours as a day's work and a 40-hour workweek, and requires payment of prescribed overtime compensation for additional hours worked. Existing law requires a person who unlawfully withholds wages due an employee, as provided, to be subject to specified civil penalties. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of these provisions.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40099INT)
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2. **03/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40098AMD)
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3. **04/07/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40097AMD)
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4. **06/23/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40096AMD)
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5. **06/30/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40095AMD)
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6. **08/21/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40094AMD)
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7. **09/03/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40093AMD)
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8. **10/01/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40091CHP)
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9. **SB400** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400)
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10. **09/17/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB400&version=20250SB40092ENR)
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## Votes
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- Unfinished Business SB400 Cortese Urgency Clause Concurrence — **38–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **15–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 400 Cortese Consent Calendar Second Day — **74–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
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- SB 400 Cortese Third Reading Urgency By Calderon — **80–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Cortese — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-14** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-18** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 17.
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- **2025-02-26** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Set for hearing March 25.
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- **2025-03-13** March 25 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2025-04-03** April 8 hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2025-04-07** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-08** Set for hearing April 22.
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- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0. Page 842.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-25** Set for hearing May 5.
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- **2025-05-05** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-05-08** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-05-19** Referred to Com. on TRANS. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-24** July 7 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2025-06-27** Re-referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-06-30** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-21** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-25** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-08-28** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2778.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-08-29** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** Action rescinded whereby bill was re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-29** Ordered to the Assembly.
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- **2025-08-29** In Assembly. Held at Desk.
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- **2025-09-02** Action rescinded whereby bill was read third time, Urgency clause adopted, passed, and ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-03** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
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- **2025-09-03** (Corrected September 18.)
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- **2025-09-11** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 3277.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-12** Urgency clause adopted.
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- **2025-09-12** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2968.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
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- **2025-10-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 220, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b750bdc-72f3-4174-b52f-3522470d8ee9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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