Proposes studying and mitigating the impacts of automation at California seaports.

Directs the Labor Workforce and Development Agency and the California Workforce Development Board to oversee a stakeholder process to develop recommendations on how to address the national security, cybersecurity, workforce, and economic impacts of automation at California seaports, and authorizes CWDB to contract with the UCLA Labor Center to commission research to supplement the stakeholder process.

Pending Committee action.

02/21/2025 Introduced.02/24/2025 Read first time.03/12/2025 Referred to Senate Committee on Labor, Public Employment and Retirement. 04/30/2025 Passed from Committee and referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations.05/12/2025 Hearing. Placed on suspense file in Senate Committee on Appropriations.05/23/2025 Hearing. Held under submission in Senate Committee on Appropriations.09/13/2025 Remains in Committee upon adjournment.