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type: "Bill"
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title: "Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards."
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description: "Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the enforcement of labor laws. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to investigate employee complaints and to provide for a hearing in any action to recover wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation, as specified."
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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 261"
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citation: "California SB 261 (20252026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["DivisionofLaborStandardsEnforcement", "orders", "decisions", "andawards"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wahab"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2025-02-03"
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last_action: "2025-10-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f28928ef-24b0-46c5-a3ec-b681fe95fac1"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261"
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source_hash: "42c66c8b57604b198d8919315d546e6a92846e1462cd670ebeb0f6c2358dda4e"
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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 261 (20252026) — Division of Labor Standards Enforcement: orders, decisions, and awards.
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Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations and sets forth its powers and duties regarding the enforcement of labor laws. Existing law authorizes the commissioner to investigate employee complaints and to provide for a hearing in any action to recover wages, penalties, and other demands for compensation, as specified.
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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. **02/03/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26199INT)
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2. **03/17/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26198AMD)
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3. **03/27/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26197AMD)
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4. **04/10/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26196AMD)
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5. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26195AMD)
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6. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26194AMD)
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7. **10/13/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26192CHP)
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8. **SB261** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261)
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9. **09/12/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB261&version=20250SB26193ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 261 Wahab Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **71–1** (pass) · lower
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- Unfinished Business SB261 Wahab et al. Concurrence — **30–6** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB261 Wahab et al. — **29–6** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **11–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wahab — primary (person)
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- Cortese — coauthor (person)
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- Kalra — coauthor (person)
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- Wiener — author (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-03** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-04** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 6.
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- **2025-02-14** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** 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`
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- **2025-03-18** Set for hearing March 26.
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- **2025-03-26** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 567.) (March 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-27** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-01** Set for hearing April 8.
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- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0. Page 705.) (April 8). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-10** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-17** Set for hearing April 28.
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- **2025-04-28** April 28 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-05-16** Set for hearing May 23.
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- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1193.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-06-04** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 6. Page 1514.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-06-05** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2025-06-16** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-07-16** Coauthors revised.
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- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
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- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2025-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 71. Noes 1. Page 2997.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2025-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2025-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 2710.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
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- **2025-10-13** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-10-13** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 747, 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/f28928ef-24b0-46c5-a3ec-b681fe95fac1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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