republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20252026/sb-513.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personnel records."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 513"
citation: "California SB 513 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Personnelrecords"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-19"
last_action: "2025-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/987839ac-8293-4399-a49b-ca4a68b4c0c0"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB513"
source_hash: "4caf35f6eb92004f381fb43fcddd4be0c35970574be38fa87c0e463cebb04eae"
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 SB 513 (20252026) — Personnel records.

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.

1. **02/19/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB513&version=20250SB51399INT)
2. **05/06/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB513&version=20250SB51398AMD)
3. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB513&version=20250SB51396CHP)
4. **SB513** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB513)
5. **09/05/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB513&version=20250SB51397ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading SB513 Durazo et al. — **29–9** (pass) · upper
- 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/987839ac-8293-4399-a49b-ca4a68b4c0c0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).