California legislation · 2025-2026 Regular Session
California AB1883: Workplace surveillance tools.
Status: Chaptered, September 30, 2026
What the bill says
An act to add Part 5.8 (commencing with Section 1580) to Division 2 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. employment Workplace surveillance tools. Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law authorizes the division, which is headed by the Labor Commissioner, to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission…
From the chaptered text, September 30, 2026:
An act to add Part 5.8 (commencing with Section 1580) to Division 2 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. employment Workplace surveillance tools. Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law authorizes the division, which is headed by the Labor Commissioner, to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. This bill would, with certain exceptions, prohibit an employer from using a workplace surveillance tool that uses artificial intelligence to, among other things, collect neural data or recognize an individual’s emotional state. The bill would define an employer to include a governmental entity, including, among other entities, charter cities and the University of California. This bill would authorize the Labor Commissioner or a public prosecutor to enforce the bill’s provisions. The bill would subject an employer who violates the bill’s provisions to a civil penalty of up to $500 for each violation. The bill would define various terms for purposes of its provisions. This bill would exempt from its provisions an employer’s use of a workplace surveillance tool in specified operations where the use of a workplace surveillance tool is reasonable necessary to comply with a federal statute, federal regulation, or binding …
Sponsors
- Isaac Bryan (D, AD55) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 853, Statutes of 2026.
- : Approved by the Governor.
- : Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 8. Page 6892.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 8.).
- : Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling.
- : In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- : Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9.).
- : Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
- : Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.
Votes
- AB 1883 Bryan Concurrence in Senate Amendments (August 30, 2026): 56 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB1883 Bryan By McNerney (August 28, 2026): 29 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended (August 13, 2026): 5 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Placed on suspense file (August 3, 2026): 7 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] (July 1, 2026): 4 yea, 1 nay, passed
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] (June 29, 2026): 8 yea, 1 nay, passed
Common questions
- What is AB1883?
- AB1883 is a bill in the California Legislature (2025-2026 Regular Session): Workplace surveillance tools.
- What does AB1883 do?
- In its own words: An act to add Part 5.8 (commencing with Section 1580) to Division 2 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. employment Workplace surveillance tools. Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations. Existing law authorizes the division, which is headed by the Labor Commissioner, to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state, the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission…
- What is the status of AB1883?
- Chaptered as of September 30, 2026. Latest action: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 853, Statutes of 2026. (September 30, 2026).
- Who sponsored AB1883?
- Isaac Bryan (D, AD55).
- Where is the official record for AB1883?
- On the California Legislature website: https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1883
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