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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Employment: minors."
+description: "Existing law regulates the employment of minors in the entertainment industry and requires the written consent of the Labor Commissioner for a minor under the age of 16 to take part in certain types of employment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20112012"
+identifier: "AB 1401"
+citation: "California AB 1401 (20112012)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Employment: minors."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2011-03-02"
+last_action: "2011-10-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/21972cbd-1e86-45eb-b873-65a0183f2b0e"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1401"
+source_hash: "03fb3768d8de0868bd9c8379fe81f68377a511fb01b3da40e6d3d39e2b08012d"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
+---
+
+# California AB 1401 (20112012) — Employment: minors.
+
+Existing law regulates the employment of minors in the entertainment industry and requires the written consent of the Labor Commissioner for a minor under the age of 16 to take part in certain types of employment.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **03/02/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1401&version=20110AB140199INT)
+2. **08/15/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1401&version=20110AB140198AMD)
+3. **10/07/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1401&version=20110AB140196CHP)
+4. **AB1401** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1401)
+5. **08/29/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1401&version=20110AB140197ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1401 A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Assembly Third Reading By CAMPOS — **52–24** (pass) · lower
+- 3rd Reading AB1401 Committee on Arts, Entertainment, By DeSaulnier — **25–9** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — **7–1** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **4–1** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass. — **6–2** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1401 A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CAMPOS — **53–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2011-03-02** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
+- **2011-03-03** From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.
+- **2011-03-21** Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and L. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-04-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-05-19** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-05-26** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1559.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-05-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2011-06-02** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
+- **2011-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-07-12** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 11). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2011-07-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-08-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-08-16** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2011-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2010.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
+- **2011-08-22** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
+- **2011-08-25** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 2568.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
+- **2011-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
+- **2011-10-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2011-10-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2011.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/21972cbd-1e86-45eb-b873-65a0183f2b0e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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