Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate's Labor and Business Committee on June 27, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
Senate Bill 1140
Prohibits employers from imposing requirements that employees speak only English in the workplace unless the employer can demonstrate that the requirement is justified by business necessity and applicable only in limited circumstances.
What it does
The synopsis the Legislative Assembly published with the bill.
Digest: The Act makes laws about English-only rules in the workplace. (Flesch Readability Score: 69.7). Prohibits employers from imposing requirements that employees speak only English in the workplace unless the employer can demonstrate that the requirement is justified by business necessity and applicable only in limited circumstances. Requires employers to provide notice to employees.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor
Its course
February 27 to June 27, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action3 actions on 3 days
In the SenateFeb 27 to Jun 27 · stopped120 days
Waiting for a committeeFeb 27 to Mar 34 days
Labor and BusinessMar 3 to Jun 27 · stopped116 days
Text
Each version as the Legislative Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislative Assembly published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 27 – Jun 27
- Feb 27Introduced
- Mar 3Sent to Labor and Business
- Jun 27Died when the session ended
All 3 actions, as published
- Feb 27Introduction and first reading. Referred to President's desk.Senate
- Mar 3Referred to Labor and Business.Senate
- Jun 27In committee upon adjournment.Senate