republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20212022/ab-1480.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employers: prohibited disclosure of information: arrest or detention."
description: "Existing law prohibits an employer from asking an applicant to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction, or information concerning a referral or participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program, except as specified. Existing law also prohibits an employer, as specified, from asking an applicant to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning a conviction that has been judicially dismissed or ordered sealed, except in specified circumstances. Applicants for employment as peace officers, or with the Department of Justice, or with other criminal justice agencies, or persons already employed as peace officers, are an exception to these prohibitions, so that information about applicants for these positions or employees may be disclosed or sought. Existing law makes it a crime to intentionally violate these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1480"
citation: "California AB 1480 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employers: prohibited disclosure of information: arrest or detention."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rodriguez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-19"
last_action: "2021-08-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c42cde07-c33d-42f7-91bb-ca5961934c85"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480"
source_hash: "edbdcacc82d345bdaf169e7fd9ed23f46fea3035641c4cbb13ecf6c371005a41"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1480 (20212022) — Employers: prohibited disclosure of information: arrest or detention.

Existing law prohibits an employer from asking an applicant to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning an arrest or detention that did not result in a conviction, or information concerning a referral or participation in, any pretrial or posttrial diversion program, except as specified. Existing law also prohibits an employer, as specified, from asking an applicant to disclose, or from utilizing as a factor in determining any condition of employment, information concerning a conviction that has been judicially dismissed or ordered sealed, except in specified circumstances. Applicants for employment as peace officers, or with the Department of Justice, or with other criminal justice agencies, or persons already employed as peace officers, are an exception to these prohibitions, so that information about applicants for these positions or employees may be disclosed or sought. Existing law makes it a crime to intentionally violate these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480&version=20210AB148099INT)
2. **03/18/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480&version=20210AB148098AMD)
3. **04/21/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480&version=20210AB148097AMD)
4. **07/06/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480&version=20210AB148096AMD)
5. **08/31/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480&version=20210AB148094CHP)
6. **AB1480** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480)
7. **08/23/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1480&version=20210AB148095ENR)

## Votes

- AB 1480 Rodriguez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1480 Rodriguez Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1480 Rodriguez By Min — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2021-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on PUB. S. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-22** Re-referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 12). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-13** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1472.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-03** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-07-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1722.) (June 29). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-06** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-15** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2021-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 2072.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-08-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2021-08-23** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 2467.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-08-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-08-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c42cde07-c33d-42f7-91bb-ca5961934c85`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).