CaliforniaEmployment: gratuities: enforcement.
What it does
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.
More detail
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.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Jul 30Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 93, Statutes of 2025.Latest
- Jul 30Approved by the Governor Gavin Newsom.Became Law
- Jul 25Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.To Governor
- Jul 17In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.Minor
- Vote recorded SB 648 Smallwood-Cuevas Consent Calendar Second Day. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 17Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate.Passed Assembly
- Jul 10Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- Jul 9From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jul 2From 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.Minor
- Jul 1
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 26From 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.Minor
- Jun 25
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 5Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD.Minor
- May 29In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Special Consent SB648 Smallwood-Cuevas. Result: pass.Upper
- May 29Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 1328.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 27Ordered to special consent calendar.
- May 23Read second time. Ordered to third reading.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass. Result: pass.Upper
- May 23From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 1208.) (May 23).Minor
- May 16Set for hearing May 23.
- May 5May 5 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- Vote recorded Placed on suspense file. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 25Set for hearing May 5.
- Apr 23From 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.Minor
- Apr 22
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9Set for hearing April 22.
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary]. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 9From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 739.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.Minor
- Mar 26Set for hearing April 9.
- Mar 5Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.Minor
- Feb 21From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- Feb 20Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced