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Authors Cortese  
Subject Employees: meal periods.
Relating To relating to employment.
Title An act to amend Section 512 of the Labor Code, relating to employment.
Last Action Dt 2025-07-30
State Chaptered
Status Chaptered
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Bill Actions
2025-07-30     Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 95, Statutes of 2025.
2025-07-30     Approved by the Governor.
2025-07-25     Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2025-07-17     In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2025-07-17     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 2595.) Ordered to the Senate.
2025-07-10     Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-07-09     From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (July 9).
2025-06-26     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.
2025-05-29     Referred to Com. on L. & E.
2025-05-15     In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
2025-05-15     Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 34. Noes 0. Page 1091.) Ordered to the Assembly.
2025-05-13     Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar.
2025-05-12     From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar.
2025-05-02     Set for hearing May 12.
2025-04-30     From 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.
2025-04-11     Set for hearing April 30.
2025-03-05     Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R.
2025-02-24     Read first time.
2025-02-24     From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-21     Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print.
Versions
Chaptered     2025-07-30
Enrolled     2025-07-18
Introduced     2025-02-21
Analyses TBD
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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.

This bill would also create an exception from the above-described prohibition for employees of a water corporation, as defined.