California 2017-2018 Regular Session Status: Enacted 2 D cosponsors

AB 168 — Employers: salary information.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2017.

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2017. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 7 sponsors

    1 primary, 6 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (2 D).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 2 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law imposes various restrictions on employers with respect to applicants for employment. A violation of those restrictions is a misdemeanor. This bill would prohibit an employer from relying on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to offer an applicant employment or what salary to offer an applicant. The bill also would prohibit an employer from seeking salary history information about an applicant for employment and would require an employer, upon reasonable request, to provide the pay scale for a position to an applicant for employment. The bill would not prohibit an applicant from voluntarily and without prompting disclosing salary history information and would not prohibit an employer from considering or relying on that voluntarily disclosed salary history information in determining salary, as specified. The bill would apply to all employers, including state and local government employers and the Legislature and would not apply to salary history information disclosable to the public pursuant to federal or state law. The bill would specify that a violation of its provisions would not be subject to the misdemeanor provision.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2017.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3363.).

  5. Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)

  6. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  7. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2760.).

  8. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  9. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  10. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  11. From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R.

  14. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  15. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  16. Referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  17. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  18. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 1639.)

  19. Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1535.)

  20. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  21. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 10).

  22. Coauthors revised.

  23. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  24. Referred to Com. on L. & E.

  25. From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.

  26. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Atkins · Cosponsor
  • Gonzalez Fletcher · Cosponsor
  • Eggman · Primary
  • Mathis · Cosponsor
  • Waldron · Cosponsor
  • Robert Garcia · Cosponsor
  • Robert Garcia · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 6 co-sponsors · 115 not signed on · 8 voted No

Sponsors (1)

  • Eggman

Co-sponsors (6)

Not signed on (115)

115 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Votes

AB 168 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 57 Yea · 15 Nay · 7 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 421204
Democratic 13002
Republican 2301
Total 571507
% of votes cast 72%19%0%9%
How each member voted (79)
Member Party Vote
Acosta — Not Voting
Bigelow — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Levine — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Mullin — Yea
O'Donnell — Not Voting
Quirk — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Voepel — Nay
Wood — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Chau — Yea
Chu — Yea
Low — Yea
Medina — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Gonzalez Fletcher — Yea
Salas — Yea
Burke — Yea
Bocanegra — Yea
Rubio — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Harper — Nay
Holden — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Fong — Nay
Kiley — Nay
Maienschein — Nay
Mayes — Not Voting
Gray — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Baker — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
Obernolte — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Steinorth — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Yea
Cunningham — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Daly — Not Voting
Friedman — Yea
Gloria — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Mark Stone — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Aguiar-Curry, Cecilia M. Democratic Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Berman, Marc Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Caballero, Anna M. Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Cervantes, Sabrina Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Grayson, Timothy S. Democratic Not Voting
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Kalra, Ash Democratic Yea
Limón, Monique Democratic Yea
Muratsuchi, Al Democratic Not Voting
Quirk-Silva, Sharon Democratic Yea
Reyes, Eloise Gómez Democratic Yea
Chen, Phillip Republican Nay
Choi, Steven S. Republican Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Flora, Heath Republican Not Voting
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB168 Eggman et al. By Jackson

Passed 27 Yea · 10 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 231002
Democratic 4001
Total 271003
% of votes cast 68%25%0%8%
How each member voted (40)
Member Party Vote
Bates — Not Voting
Bradford — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Hill — Yea
Newman — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Skinner — Yea
Wieckowski — Yea
Galgiani — Yea
Glazer — Yea
Allen — Yea
De León — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Portantino — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
Beall — Yea
Hueso — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leyva — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Monning — Yea
Roth — Yea
Fuller — Not Voting
Cannella — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Dodd — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Morrell — Nay
Vidak — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Not Voting
Stern, Henry I. Democratic Yea
Wiener, Scott D. Democratic Yea

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Subjects

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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 168 do?
Existing law imposes various restrictions on employers with respect to applicants for employment. A violation of those restrictions is a misdemeanor. This bill would prohibit an employer from relying on the salary history information of an applicant for employment as a factor in determining whether to offer an applicant employment or what salary to offer an applicant. The bill also would prohibit an employer from seeking salary history information about an applicant for employment and would require an employer, upon reasonable request, to provide the pay scale for a position to an applicant for employment. The bill would not prohibit an applicant from voluntarily and without prompting disclosing salary history information and would not prohibit an employer from considering or relying on that voluntarily disclosed salary history information in determining salary, as specified. The bill would apply to all employers, including state and local government employers and the Legislature and would not apply to salary history information disclosable to the public pursuant to federal or state law. The bill would specify that a violation of its provisions would not be subject to the misdemeanor provision.
Who sponsors AB 168?
AB 168 is sponsored by Atkins, Gonzalez Fletcher, Eggman, Mathis, Waldron, and Garcia, Robert (Democratic).
What is the current status of AB 168?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 17, 2017. Enacted.
Where can I track AB 168?
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