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California 20252026

SB 951

Employment: technological displacement: notice.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-12 13:12:55 UTC.

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Measure details

Jurisdiction
California
Session
20252026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
Employment, notice, technologicaldisplacement
Introduced / first action
2026-02-02 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Existing law, the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act (Cal/WARN Act) , prohibits an employer from ordering a mass layoff, relocation, or termination at a covered establishment unless, 60 days before the order takes effect, the employer gives written notice of the order to the employees affected by the order and to the Employment Development Department and certain local officials. Existing law makes an employer who fails to give specified notice regarding a mass layoff, relocation, or termination subject to a civil penalty of not more than $500 for each day of the employer's violation. This bill would revise the Cal/WARN Act to also require an employer giving notice of a mass layoff, relocation, or termination caused in whole or in substantial part by an artificial intelligence (AI) system or other automated technology replacing or automating employment positions to include certain information in the notice, including the job functions performed by workers that will be automated by AI or other automated technology. The bill would require the department to publish a summary of the notices received on its internet website and to post a quarterly statewide summary of technological displacements reported. The bill would require the department, on or before January 1, 2028, to submit a report to the Legislature on artificial intelligence's effects on business hiring practices, including its impact on industries and occupations at the state and regional level. The bill would repeal the provision requiring that report on January 1, 2029.

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Actions

  1. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.

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  2. Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.

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  3. In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.

  4. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate.

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  5. Ordered to third reading.

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  6. Read third time and amended.

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  7. Assembly Rule 69(b)(1) suspended. (Ayes 55. Noes 17. Page 6296.)

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  9. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  10. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (August 13).

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  11. Assembly Rule 63 suspended.

  12. August 5 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.

  13. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  14. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 2.) (July 1).

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  15. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  16. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on P. & C.P. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on P. & C.P.

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  17. Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and P. & C.P.

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  18. In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.

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  19. Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4377.) Ordered to the Assembly.

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  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

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  21. Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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  22. From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4258.) (May 14).

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  23. Set for hearing May 14.

  24. May 4 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.

  25. Set for hearing May 4.

  26. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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  27. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2. Page 3957.) (April 20).

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  28. Set for hearing April 20 in P., D.T., & C.P. pending receipt.

  29. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P.

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  30. From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on P., D.T., & C.P. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 3794.) (April 8).

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  31. From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.

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  32. Set for hearing April 8.

  33. Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and P., D.T., & C.P.

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  34. From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5.

  35. Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

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