Aisha Wahab
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 10
Author
Existing law, the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, provides that it is the policy of the state to encourage and protect the right of agricultural employees to full freedom of association, self-organization, and designation of representatives of their own choosing to negotiate the terms and conditions of their employment, and to be free from the interference, restraint, or coercion of employers of labor, or their agents, in the designation of such representatives, self-organization, or other concerted activities for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection. Other existing law relating to employment prohibits employers from making, adopting, or enforcing rules, regulations, or policies that forbid or prevent employees from engaging or participating in politics or from becoming candidates for public office, and from controlling or directing, or tending to control or direct, the political activities or affiliations of employees. This bill, except as specified, would prohibit an employer from subjecting, or threatening to subject, an employee to discharge, discrimination, retaliation, or any other adverse action because the employee declines to attend an employer-sponsored meeting or affirmatively declines to participate in, receive, or listen to any communications with the employer or its agents or representatives, the purpose of which is to communicate the employer's opinion about religious or political matters and would require an employee who refuses to attend a meeting as described to continue to be paid, as specified. The bill would impose a civil penalty of $500 on an employer who violates these provisions. The bill would authorize the Labor Commissioner to enforce the bill's provisions. The bill would also authorize any employee who has suffered a violation of the bill's provisions to bring a civil action, as specified, and to petition for injunctive relief.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 670, Statutes of 2024.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 9.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 15).
June 19 set for second hearing. Placed on suspense file.
August 16 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 7. Page 1289.) Ordered to the Assembly.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1168.) (May 18).
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
Set for hearing May 18.
May 15 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
Set for hearing May 15.
Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 893.) (April 25).
Set for hearing April 25.
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 712.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
Set for hearing April 12.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB399 | HTML |
| 02/09/23 - Introduced | |
| 05/02/23 - Amended Senate | |
| 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly | |
| 09/05/24 - Enrolled | |
| 09/27/24 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/11/23- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 04/23/23- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/12/23- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/20/23- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/27/23- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 07/08/23- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 08/14/23- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 06/17/24- Assembly Appropriations | |
| 08/21/24- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS | |
| 08/30/24- Sen. Floor Analyses |
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