---
type: "Bill"
title: "Penalties for Labor Code violations."
description: "Penalties for Labor Code violations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 276"
citation: "California AB 276 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Penalties for Labor Code violations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2003-02-05"
last_action: "2003-09-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23cba4e1-a047-465d-915a-95f61801c798"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276"
source_hash: "548419d3afff4e84f1a930825722479213e8fa278bb7fc79df465b65821180f2"
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 276 (20032004) — Penalties for Labor Code violations.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/05/03 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276&version=20030AB27699INT)
2. **03/13/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276&version=20030AB27698AMD)
3. **05/08/03 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276&version=20030AB27697AMD)
4. **06/17/03 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276&version=20030AB27696AMD)
5. **09/08/03 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276&version=20030AB27694CHP)
6. **AB276** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276)
7. **08/21/03 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB276&version=20030AB27695ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- assembly 3rd reading ab276 koretz by alarcon — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 276 koretz assembly third reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- ab 276 koretz concurrence in senate amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Koretz — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2003-09-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 329, Statutes of 2003.
- **2003-09-06** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2003-08-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2003-08-21** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 47. Noes 31. Page 3065.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2003-07-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2003-07-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 1957.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-07-22** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-07-21** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2003-07-10** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 3.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-06-23** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2003-06-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-05-29** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2003-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2003-05-15** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 46. Noes 31. Page 1703.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2003-05-08** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2003-04-07** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-04-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 17. Noes 7.) (April 2). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-20** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 19). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2003-03-17** Re-referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-03-13** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment Read second time and amended. `referral-committee, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2003-02-14** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2003-02-06** From printer. May be heard in committee March 8.
- **2003-02-05** 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/23cba4e1-a047-465d-915a-95f61801c798`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).