Legislature Passes Workplace Technology Restraints, Tech Displacement Notice Bills
Published Friday, September 4, 2026
On Aug. 28, the California Senate passed Assembly Bill 1883 by Assemblymember Isaac Bryan, D-Baldwin Hills, severely restraining the use of workplace safety and management tools such as productivity monitoring technology or worksite access monitoring, giving enforcement authority to the California Labor Commissioner’s Office and establishing a private right of action allowing employees to sue employers for alleged violations on a party-line vote of 28-9.
On Aug. 30, the Assembly passed Senate Bill 947 by state Sen. Jerry McNerney, D-Pleasanton, targeting and regulating low-risk applications of automated decision-making systems and imposing compliance burdens and legal risk on employers using modern workforce management tools. SB 947 passed on a party-line vote of 53-14.
Senate Bill 951 by state Sen. Eloise Gomez Reyes, D-Colton, which expands the California Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act by imposing burdensome plant closing notification-like requirements for reductions in employment allegedly related to deployment of technology or automation passed the Assembly on Aug. 31 on a party-line 56-15 vote.
All await the governor’s signature or veto. Farm Bureau opposes all three due to burdens on employers.
Staff contact: Bryan Little, blittle@cfbf.com.
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