Lola Smallwood-Cuevas
- Democratic
- Senator
- District 28
Author
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. Existing law prohibits an employer or agent from collecting, taking, or receiving any gratuity or a part thereof that is paid, given to, or left for an employee by a patron, or deducting any amount from wages due an employee on account of a gratuity, or requiring an employee to credit the amount, or any part thereof, of a gratuity against and as a part of the wages due the employee from the employer, and requires the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce these provisions. This bill would authorize the Labor Commissioner to investigate and issue a citation or file a civil action for gratuities taken or withheld in violation of the above-described provisions, as prescribed.
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 93, Statutes of 2025.
Approved by the Governor.
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate.
Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).
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.
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.
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly.
Ordered to special consent calendar.
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1208.) (May 23).
Set for hearing May 23.
May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
Set for hearing May 5.
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.
Set for hearing April 22.
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.
Set for hearing April 9.
Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
| Bill Text Versions | Format |
|---|---|
| SB648 | HTML |
| 02/20/25 - Introduced | |
| 07/18/25 - Enrolled | |
| 07/30/25 - Chaptered |
| Document | Format |
|---|---|
| 04/08/25- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement | |
| 04/16/25- Senate Judiciary | |
| 05/02/25- Senate Appropriations | |
| 05/26/25- Sen. Floor Analyses | |
| 06/23/25- Assembly Labor and Employment | |
| 06/27/25- Assembly Judiciary | |
| 07/07/25- Assembly Appropriations |
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