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Bill	Employment: payment of wages.	Existing law imposes varying requirements upon employers to share the pay scale for a position with an applicant or in a job posting, as provided. Existing law defines "pay scale" as the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 642	California SB 642 (20252026)	bill	Employment paymentofwages	enacted	Limón	8	31	10	2025-02-20	2025-10-08	openstates	ocd-bill/a2910266-a8cc-48ff-8f15-d3f5a835a963	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB642	92a95be58b54f27b001d676da37db5664b69a37e481e3941ecfb331de4a8ced8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 642 (20252026) — Employment: payment of wages.

Existing law imposes varying requirements upon employers to share the pay scale for a position with an applicant or in a job posting, as provided. Existing law defines "pay scale" as the salary or hourly wage range that the employer reasonably expects to pay for the position.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/10/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/01/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/02/25 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/08/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. SB642 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 642 Limón Senate Third Reading By Kalra — 58–15 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB642 Limón et al. Concurrence — 30–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 28–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Limón — primary (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-02-20 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2025-02-21 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
• 2025-03-12 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.
• 2025-04-10 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
• 2025-04-23 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 942.) (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 as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1208.) (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
• 2025-06-03 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1448.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-06-04 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2025-06-09 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 5. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 Coauthors revised.
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (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 4.) (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 58. Noes 15. Page 3007.) 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 10. Page 2717.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-17 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2025-10-08 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-08 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 468, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a2910266-a8cc-48ff-8f15-d3f5a835a963. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).