California Senate Bill 578
Session 20252026
California Workplace Outreach Program.
Became Law
Became Law on Oct 13, 2025
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill Number
578
State
California
Session
20252026
Motion Text
Unfinished Business SB578 Smallwood-Cuevas Concurrence
Senate Roll Call Votes
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Summary
Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations within the Labor and Workforce Development Agency to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of wage earners, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
This bill would, until January 1, 2031, require the department, upon appropriation of funds for this purpose, to establish and maintain the California Workplace Outreach Program to promote awareness of, and compliance with, workplace protections that affect workers. The bill would require the department to issue a competitive request for application for qualified organizations, as defined, to provide education and outreach services to workers and to assist workers to assert their workplace rights.
This bill would require the department to guide discussions with qualified organizations regarding priority topics for outreach and education and to consult with those organizations and the Labor and Workforce Development Agency and, as relevant, its departments and boards to create education and outreach materials informing workers of their rights on priority topics and training materials for workers and organizations. The bill would require the materials to be translated into non-English languages, to be determined by the department in consultation with each qualified organization, as appropriate for the geographic region the qualified organization serves, and would require the materials to be made in consultation and collaboration with the Civil Rights Department if those materials involve protections under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act or certain other statutes. The bill would require the department and qualified organizations to meet at least twice a year to coordinate outreach and education efforts and for qualified organizations to share information relevant to enforcement activities of the department.
02/20/25 - Introduced
February 20, 2025
05/23/25 - Amended Senate
May 23, 2025
09/03/25 - Amended Assembly
September 3, 2025
09/16/25 - Enrolled
September 16, 2025
10/13/25 - Chaptered
October 13, 2025
03/25/25- Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement
March 25, 2025
04/04/25- Senate Appropriations
April 4, 2025
05/23/25- Senate Appropriations
May 23, 2025
05/27/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
May 27, 2025
07/07/25- Assembly Labor and Employment
July 7, 2025
08/18/25- Assembly Appropriations
August 18, 2025
09/02/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 2, 2025
09/03/25- ASSEMBLY FLOOR ANALYSIS
September 3, 2025
09/10/25- Sen. Floor Analyses
September 10, 2025
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10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 771, Statutes of 2025.
10/13/2025
California State Legislature
Approved by the Governor.
09/22/2025
California State Legislature
Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
09/11/2025
Senate
Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
09/10/2025
Senate
In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
09/10/2025
Assembly
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 11. Page 3177.) Ordered to the Senate.
09/03/2025
Assembly
Ordered to third reading.
09/03/2025
Assembly
Read third time and amended.
09/02/2025
Assembly
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
08/29/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29).
08/20/2025
Assembly
August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
07/10/2025
Assembly
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
06/09/2025
Assembly
Referred to Com. on L. & E.
06/03/2025
Assembly
In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
06/02/2025
Senate
Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1383.) Ordered to the Assembly.
05/27/2025
Senate
Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
05/23/2025
Senate
Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
05/23/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1205.) (May 23).
05/16/2025
Senate
Set for hearing May 23.
04/07/2025
Senate
April 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
03/28/2025
Senate
Set for hearing April 7.
03/26/2025
Senate
From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 568.) (March 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
03/18/2025
Senate
Set for hearing March 26.
03/05/2025
Senate
Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
02/21/2025
Senate
From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
02/20/2025
Senate
Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Sources
Record Created
Feb 21, 2025 5:57:58 AM
Record Updated
Oct 15, 2025 8:38:07 AM