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CA AB2722
Bill
Status
2/20/2026
Primary Sponsor
Stan Ellis
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AI Summary
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Makes nonsubstantive (technical) changes to Labor Code Section 2929, which prohibits employers from discharging employees due to wage garnishment threats or actual garnishment for one judgment
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Updates gendered language throughout the statute, replacing "his" with "the employee's" and "he" with "the employee"
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Modernizes phrasing by changing "No employer may" to "An employer shall not" and replacing "such" with "that" or "those"
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Removes redundant phrase "in his discretion" when describing the Labor Commissioner's authority to take assignment of wage claims
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Does not change any substantive employee protections, remedies, or employer obligations under the existing wage garnishment discharge law
Legislative Description
Discharge: wage garnishment.
Last Action
From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
2/21/2026