CA SB521 | 2025-2026 | Regular Session

California Senate Bill 521

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)
Status: Passed on July 30 2025 - 100% progression
Action: 2025-07-30 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 92, Statutes of 2025.
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [HTML]

Summary

An act to amend Section 1021.5 of, and to add Section 1021.6 to, the Government Code, relating to public employment.

Title

Public employment: disqualification.

Roll Calls

2025-07-14 - Assembly - SB 521 Gonzalez Consent Calendar Second Day Regular Session (Y: 77 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2025-07-02 - Assembly - Do pass. To Consent Calendar (Y: 14 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2025-06-25 - Assembly - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 7 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2025-05-08 - Senate - Consent Calendar 2nd SB521 Gonzalez (Y: 36 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2025-04-23 - Senate - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar (Y: 5 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

History

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-07-30		Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 92, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-30		Approved by the Governor.
2025-07-18		Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-07-14	Senate	In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-07-14	Assembly	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 2539.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-07-03	Assembly	Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-07-02	Assembly	From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (July 2).
2025-06-25	Assembly	From 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.
2025-06-25	Assembly	Coauthors revised.
2025-05-29	Assembly	Referred to Com. on P. E. & R.
2025-05-08	Assembly	In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-08	Senate	Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 1050.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-06	Senate	Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-05-05	Senate	From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
2025-04-29	Senate	Set for hearing May 5.
2025-04-24	Senate	Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
2025-04-23	Senate	From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 870.) (April 23).
2025-04-04	Senate	Set for hearing April 23.
2025-04-02	Senate	Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2025-03-26	Senate	From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-26	Senate	Referred to Com. on RLS.
2025-02-20	Senate	From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2025-02-19	Senate	Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.

Code Citations

Chapter	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Government Code	1021.5	Amended Code	Citation Text
Government Code	1021.6	New Code	See Bill Text

California State Sources

Type	Source
Summary	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billStatusClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521#99INT
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521#98AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521#97AMD
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521#96ENR
Text	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billTextClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521#95CHP
Roll Call	https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billVotesClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB521