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Committee advances SB 464 to expand pay data reporting demanded by Reparations Task Force
Summary
SB 464 would extend pay-data reporting to specified state workers as a follow-up to the Reparations Task Force recommendations; the committee voted to pass the bill to the Committee on Judiciary.
Sen. Smallwood Cuevas presented SB 464, a bill the author described as advancing the recommendations of the Reparations Task Force by requiring additional pay and demographic reporting for certain state workers.
Cuevas said the task force highlighted persistent gaps in representation and pay: white Californians hold a disproportionate share of supervisory roles while Black Californians are underrepresented. Support witnesses included Tanisha Herring of the California NAACP and Jessica Stender of Equal Rights Advocates, who argued the requirement would provide data to identify and remedy occupational segregation and pay disparities in public employment.
Opposition witnesses included county and local government associations that sought clarifying amendments to ensure the bill applies only to state departments and state civil service employees, not to county staff doing state‑administered programs. Eric Lohr of the California State Association of Counties asked for narrow language to avoid imposing reporting on smaller counties with limited resources and warned such a requirement could skew data if only segments of county workforces were included.
The committee voted to pass SB 464 and re‑refer it to the Committee on Judiciary. The author said she will continue working with opponents on narrow drafting improvements.
