---
type: "Bill"
title: "Workers' compensation: contractors: temporary labor."
description: "Workers' compensation: contractors: temporary labor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 2816"
citation: "California AB 2816 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Workers' compensation: contractors: temporary labor."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Shelley"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2002-02-25"
last_action: "2002-09-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa603187-18d2-42c8-bd7d-9f237a9be508"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816"
source_hash: "c05efded35552dda313870d9825e1088fb980f1e44e9a23d2605d8aaf8502ed1"
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 2816 (20012002) — Workers' compensation: contractors: temporary labor.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/25/02 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816&version=20010AB281699INT)
2. **04/22/02 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816&version=20010AB281698AMD)
3. **06/28/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816&version=20010AB281697AMD)
4. **08/19/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816&version=20010AB281696AMD)
5. **08/26/02 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816&version=20010AB281695AMD)
6. **09/29/02 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816&version=20010AB281693CHP)
7. **AB2816** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816)
8. **08/29/02 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB2816&version=20010AB281694ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2816 Shelley By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2816 Shelley By Romero — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB2816 Shelley By Romero Reconsider — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 2816 Shelley Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 2816 Shelley Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Shelley — primary (person)
- Aroner — coauthor (person)
- Chavez — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Firebaugh — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Romero — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2002-09-29** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 1098, Statutes of 2002.
- **2002-09-29** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2002-09-13** Enrolled and to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2002-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 8475.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2002-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2002-08-28** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 11. Page 5888.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-08-22** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 9. Page 5631.) Motion to reconsider made by Senator Romero. Reconsideration granted. (Page 5644.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-08-20** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-08-19** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2002-06-28** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2002-06-27** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2002-05-23** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2002-05-14** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2002-05-13** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 6070.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2002-04-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2002-04-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (April 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2002-04-23** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-04-22** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Insurance Read second time and amended. `reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage`
- **2002-03-11** Referred to Standing Committee on Insurance. `referral-committee`
- **2002-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2002-02-25** Joint Rule 54 (a) suspended. Assembly Rule 49(a) suspended. Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa603187-18d2-42c8-bd7d-9f237a9be508`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).