The Governor’s last signing period is over. When I previewed the key employment bills on his desk on September 4,

I said what he signed this month would be the law employers live with in 2027, and what he vetoed would be dead until a new governor and a new Legislature take it up. By the September 30 deadline, he had acted on all of them.

The short version: of the twenty bills we tracked, eighteen were signed and two were vetoed. The vetoes were the hotel immigration-enforcement disclosure bill (AB 2721) and the bill adding menopause to the definition of “sex” under FEHA (AB 1940). Everything else, including the immigration-related retaliation bill, the “No Robo Bosses Act,” and the bereavement leave expansion, is now law.

Unless noted, the new laws take effect January 1, 2027. This week’s Friday’s Five follows the same five themes as the preview, so you can compare the two side by side.

1. Restaurants won both of their bills. The hotel disclosure bill was vetoed.

• AB 1640 (Restaurant Reservation Anti-Piracy Act) — Signed September 27 (Ch. 475, Stats. 2026). Reselling or transferring a restaurant reservation for more than its original price is prohibited under this law. The Attorney General, local prosecutors, and harmed restaurants and diners can all enforce it. Before January 1, update the terms on your online booking platform to reference the law, and train hosts to document suspected resales.
• AB 2663 (Cocktails-to-go) — Signed September 30 (Ch. 829, Stats. 2026)....

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