SB 1177: Wage statements: airline cabin crew employees.

Official summary

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

Existing law requires an employer, semimonthly or at the time of payment of wages, to furnish an employee an accurate, itemized, written statement containing specified information regarding the amounts earned, hours worked, and the employee’s identity, among other things, subject to certain variations. Existing law provides that an itemized wage statement furnished by an employer pursuant to these provisions is not required to show total hours worked by the employee if, among other things, the employee is exempt from the payment of minimum wage and overtime under specified law.

Existing federal law, the Railway Labor Act, regulates labor relations for rail and air carriers and entitles employees to organize and bargain collectively.

This bill would provide that an itemized wage statement may, in lieu of total hours worked, show all applicable hourly rates in effect during the pay period and the corresponding number of hours worked at each hourly rate if the employee is a flight deck crewmember or cabin crewmember covered by the federal Railway Labor Act and the employer makes available certain information regarding duty hours in accordance with federal regulations, as specified. The bill would also provide that an itemized wage statement may not be required to show the number of piece-rate units earned and any applicable piece rate for a covered employee under specified circumstances. The bill would prohibit a person, commencing June 11, 2026, from filing a new legal action by or on behalf of a crewmember asserting specified violations of the wage statement requirements.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2

“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. June 18, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.
2. June 15, 2026Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.
3. June 11, 2026From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on TRANS.
4. June 11, 2026June 29 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
5. May 26, 2026Referred to Com. on TRANS.
6. May 19, 2026In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk.
7. May 18, 2026Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 4314.) Ordered to the Assembly.
8. April 21, 2026Read second time. Ordered to third reading.
9. April 20, 2026From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.
10. April 10, 2026Set for hearing April 20.
11. April 8, 2026From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3. Page 3760.) (April 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.
12. March 17, 2026Set for hearing April 7.