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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Temporary services employees: wages."
+description: "Existing law generally requires that an employee of a temporary services employer, as defined, be paid weekly. Existing law provides that a violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
+legislature: "California Legislature"
+session: "20152016"
+identifier: "AB 1311"
+citation: "California AB 1311 (20152016)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Temporary services employees: wages."]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cooper"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2015-02-27"
+last_action: "2016-07-22"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b597b494-f7c9-4de8-978d-d42868bf80d7"
+source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1311"
+source_hash: "1d0108564f8b66847ceebe732142fe5ef286493e0bdaa1a529e8f7413b371924"
+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 1311 (20152016) — Temporary services employees: wages.
+
+Existing law generally requires that an employee of a temporary services employer, as defined, be paid weekly. Existing law provides that a violation of these provisions is punishable as a misdemeanor.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **02/27/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1311&version=20150AB131199INT)
+2. **01/04/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1311&version=20150AB131198AMD)
+3. **01/07/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1311&version=20150AB131197AMD)
+4. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1311&version=20150AB131195CHP)
+5. **AB1311** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1311)
+6. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1311&version=20150AB131196ENR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
+- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower
+- Consent Calendar 2nd (Urgency Clause) — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
+- AB 1311 COOPER Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cooper — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2015-02-27** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
+- **2015-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
+- **2015-03-02** Read first time. `reading-1`
+- **2015-12-09** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-01-04** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-01-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-01-06** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (January 6). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
+- **2016-01-07** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-01-11** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-01-21** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (January 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-01-21** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-01-27** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3509.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-01-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
+- **2016-02-04** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
+- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
+- **2016-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4649.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
+- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
+- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
+- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 61, Statutes of 2016.
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b597b494-f7c9-4de8-978d-d42868bf80d7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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