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California · 2025–26 Regular Session · Assembly Bill

AB 1251: Job postings.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

AB 1251 is a assembly bill introduced in the California Assembly on February 21, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Job postings. Primary sponsor: Marc Berman (D). Most recent recorded action (August 29, 2025): In committee: Held under submission.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Legislative Counsel’s Digest (official, as of the latest version). Written by nonpartisan legislative staff; reproduced verbatim.

Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations to enforce various labor laws. Existing law requires certain employers to disclose certain salary information in job postings.

This bill would require a private employer who publicly advertises a job posting to include in the posting a statement disclosing whether the posting is for a vacancy for the advertised position or not, as specified.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Marc BermanPrimary sponsorDemocraticAssembly23

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. In committee: Held under submission.
  2. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.
  3. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
  4. Withdrawn from committee.
  5. In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  6. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  7. In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
  8. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on JUD.
  9. Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R., JUD. and APPR.
  10. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.
  11. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 9. Page 1918.)
  12. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

Sources

  1. California Legislative Information — pubinfo database export
  2. Official bill page