Bill Title: Clarifies that the statutory damages available for certain wage violations are not punitive in nature and are designed to be liquidated damages rather than penalties or to compensate workers for the employer's failure to prevent wage theft and for the harm to employees that results from such failure.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4)

Status: (Engrossed) 2026-06-04 - ordered to third reading rules cal.477 [S04473 Detail]

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Bill Drafts

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Introduced	2025-02-05	HTML/Text	Link	View

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