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SB 947: Employment: automated decision systems ("No Robo Bosses")
Bill
SB 947 (2025-2026)
Internal identity
CA|2025-2026|SB947
Author
Senate author of record
Lifecycle
LEGISLATURE PASSED — GOVERNOR ACTION PENDING
Where it sits
Legislature
Last recorded action
August 31, 2026
Recorded vote
—
Enrollment
PASSED — ENROLLMENT/PRESENTMENT TO BE RECORDED
Governor
—
Urgency
None recorded
Chapter
Not applicable
Verification
VERIFIED
Governor deadline
September 30, 2026
Verified
September 1, 2026
Latest recorded action
August 31, 2026. Passed the Legislature.
What the bill does
Would prohibit an employer from relying solely on an automated decision system to discipline or terminate a worker and would require human oversight where such systems participate in those decisions. General employment law, not a healthcare statute — tracked for its application to employed physicians, productivity scoring and medical-staff discipline.
What it does not do
Not law; not healthcare-specific. Tracked as a comparator for automated physician credentialing and discipline.
KPSGILL position
No position taken. Tracked as a comparator: an automated-decision limit in general employment law reaches the same question KPSGILL asks about automated physician credentialing and discipline — whether a system may end a career without a human who owns the decision.
What happens next
Governor action deadline: September 30, 2026, computed from this bill’s own presentment rather than applied mechanically. Every qualifying measure is tracked on the Governor’s Health Bill Desk; scheduled dates sit on the decision calendar.
Primary sources
Register: data/ca-bills.json · internal identity CA|2025-2026|SB947 · verification state VERIFIED · tracker: California Legislature 2026.