Existing law grants current and former employees, or their representative, the right to inspect and receive a copy of personnel records maintained by the employer relating to the employee's performance or to any grievance concerning the employee. Existing law requires the employer to make the contents of those personnel records available for inspection, as specified, and makes it a crime for an employer to violate these requirements.
Existing law grants current and former employees, or their representative, the right to inspect and receive a copy of personnel records maintained by the employer relating to the employee's performance or to any grievance concerning the employee. Existing law requires the employer to make the contents of those personnel records available for inspection, as specified, and makes it a crime for an employer to violate these requirements.
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] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
SB 513 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 78–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Durazo — primary (person)
Grayson — coauthor (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-19 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2025-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-26 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2025-03-18 Set for hearing March 26.
2025-03-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 568.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-03-28 Set for hearing April 7.
2025-04-03 April 7 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-04-04 Set for hearing April 21.
2025-04-21 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2025-04-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-06 Read third time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-06 Ordered to second reading.
2025-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-28 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1307.) 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 Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2025-07-10 Coauthors revised.
2025-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (August 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 2866.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-04 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 654, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/987839ac-8293-4399-a49b-ca4a68b4c0c0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).