California Senate Bill 310 (Wiener, D–San Francisco), which intended to alter the 2024 reform to Private Attorneys General Act (PAGA), failed to meet the legislative deadline for Senate passage, effectively stalling the bill.

John Myers, senior vice president for communications and external affairs for the California Chamber of Commerce, said coalition members were very pleased.

“It failed to get out of the Senate,” Myers said. “It’s over for this legislative session.”

A coalition of business advocacy organizations—the same that came together two years ago to reform PAGA—applauded the decision to sideline the bill.

A statement on the California Chamber of Commerce’s website said in part that SB 310 would have reopened pathways for bad-faith litigation, enabling some attorneys to pursue costly settlements through weak or meritless claims, with little tangible benefit for workers.

“We hope the decision to set aside SB 310 will convince legislators to accept the landmark PAGA reform as it now stands, a reform effort that’s already having significant benefits in workplaces across the state,” the statement read.

The coalition members include the California Chamber of Commerce, the California New Car Dealers Association, the California Restaurant Association, the California Retailers Association, and the Western Growers Association.

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