Committee advances Sen. Reyes’s bill extending WARN-style notice for AI displacements
SB 951 would expand the WARN framework to require 90 days’ advance notice for technological displacements, bar discharges during the notice period absent substantiated cause, and require reporting on roles and technologies used; it moved out after robust testimony for transparency from labor groups and opposition from business.
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Sen. Reyes presented SB 951, the California Worker Technological Displacement Act, saying the bill updates WARN-style notice requirements to reflect AI-driven displacement by requiring a 90-day advance written notice to workers, local governments and the Employment Development Department, mandatory reporting on roles and technology, and a right-of-first-consideration for displaced workers at firms with 100 or more employees. "Because we cannot manage what we cannot measure," the author said.
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