CaliforniaEmployees: meal periods.
What it does
Existing law generally prohibits an employer from employing an employee for a work period of more than 5 hours per day without providing the employee with a meal period of not less than 30 minutes. Existing law creates exceptions from this prohibition for employees in specified occupations, including employees of an electrical corporation, a gas corporation, or a local publicly owned electric utility covered by a valid collective bargaining agreement meeting certain conditions. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with enforcement of these provisions.
More detail
This bill would also create an exception from the above-described prohibition for employees of a water corporation, as defined.
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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 95, 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 693 Cortese 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
- Jun 26From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Jun 25
- Vote recorded Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Referred to Com. on L. & E.Minor
- May 15In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.Minor
- Vote recorded Consent Calendar 2nd. Result: pass.Upper
- May 15Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly.Passed Senate
- May 13Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 12From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.Minor
- May 2Set for hearing May 12.
- Apr 30From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 967.) (April 30). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.Minor
- Vote recorded Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 11Set for hearing April 30.
- Mar 5Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.Minor
- Feb 24Read first time.Minor
- Feb 24From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- Feb 21Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.Introduced