republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-648.md

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Bill	Employment: gratuities: enforcement.	Existing law creates the Department of Industrial Relations, and establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) , which is headed by the Labor Commissioner. The DLSE is generally charged with enforcing employment statutes and regulations, either in administrative actions or through litigation. Existing law imposes various administrative sanctions, civil fines and penalties, and criminal penalties for violations of employment statutes or regulations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	SB 648	California SB 648 (20252026)	bill	Employment enforcement gratuities	enacted	Smallwood-Cuevas	4	25	9	2025-02-20	2025-07-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d4fa9e02-c55d-4a23-8742-f43b4b902023	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB648	ff46d8bc1e497d5816fb022ddbe82468e8ad2be52d8543c1fdfe3b2b9f521b95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 648 (20252026) — Employment: gratuities: enforcement.

Existing law creates the Department of Industrial Relations, and establishes within the department the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) , which is headed by the Labor Commissioner. The DLSE is generally charged with enforcing employment statutes and regulations, either in administrative actions or through litigation. Existing law imposes various administrative sanctions, civil fines and penalties, and criminal penalties for violations of employment statutes or regulations.

Version chain

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

1. 02/20/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 07/30/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
3. SB648 (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/18/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Special Consent SB648 Smallwood-Cuevas — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 12–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 6–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 648 Smallwood-Cuevas Consent Calendar Second Day — 75–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 13–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Smallwood-Cuevas — primary (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.
• 2025-03-05 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2025-03-26 Set for hearing April 9.
• 2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 739.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-09 Set for hearing April 22.
• 2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 13. Noes 0. Page 836.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-04-25 Set for hearing May 5.
• 2025-05-05 May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2025-05-16 Set for hearing May 23.
• 2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1208.) (May 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-27 Ordered to special consent calendar.
• 2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-29 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. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (July 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-07-10 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-07-17 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-07-17 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
• 2025-07-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
• 2025-07-30 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-07-30 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 93, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4fa9e02-c55d-4a23-8742-f43b4b902023. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).