SB 310 California Senate · 2025-2026 Regular Session

Failure to pay wages: penalties.

Summary

Existing law makes every person who fails to pay the wages of each employee subject to a specified penalty. Existing law makes the initial violation subject to a $100 penalty and each subsequent violation, or any willful or intentional violation, subject to a $200 penalty plus 25% of the amount unlawfully withheld. Existing law requires the penalty to either be recovered by an employee as a statutory penalty or by the Labor Commissioner as a civil penalty, as prescribed. This bill also would permit the $200 penalty for each subsequent violation, or any willful or intentional violation, to be recovered through an independent civil action, as specified.

Issues: ✓ Labor & Employment

Bill status died 1 of 4 stages cleared

Introduction

Feb 2025

Committee Review

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Governor

Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Feb 2, 2026

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What changed between versions

01/20/26 - Amended Senate → SB310 · 1 edit

MINOR

The changes between these two versions of SB 310 are entirely formatting and presentation differences, not substantive policy changes. The first version is the formal legislative document with line numbers, while the second is a web page rendering of the same bill text. The legal provisions in all subdivisions (a) through (e) remain identical.

TECHNICAL

The bill text was reformatted from a traditional legislative document layout (with line numbers and column formatting) to a web page presentation with navigation elements, search tools, and a different header structure. No legal language was changed.

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Committee

Amendments

Jan 20, 2026

Upper · Passed

Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

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May 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1195.) (May 23).

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Apr 23, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 2. Page 834.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

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Apr 10, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

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Apr 9, 2025

Upper · Passed

From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 739.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.

upper

Feb 19, 2025

Committee

Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD.

upper

Feb 10, 2025

Introduced

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

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1 primary · 2 co-sponsors