---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment."
description: "Employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20032004"
identifier: "AB 3020"
citation: "California AB 3020 (20032004)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Koretz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2004-02-24"
last_action: "2004-09-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0563a85f-1b07-4249-90ec-669047c23b52"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3020"
source_hash: "15da00bcfd77edba1629072b0cad6b082139ada24a3e03b1934b9b06d45c15d0"
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 3020 (20032004) — Employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/04 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3020&version=20030AB302099INT)
2. **08/23/04 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3020&version=20030AB302098AMD)
3. **09/22/04 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3020&version=20030AB302096CHP)
4. **AB3020** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3020)
5. **08/26/04 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200320040AB3020&version=20030AB302097ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- assembly 3rd reading ab3020 koretz by cedillo — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- placed on appropriations suspense file. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- ab 3020 l.& e. assembly third reading by koretz — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **fail** (fail) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Koretz — primary (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Jerome Horton — principal coauthor (person)
- Laird — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2004-09-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 685, Statutes of 2004.
- **2004-09-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2004-09-14** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2004-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 50. Noes 29. Page 7864.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2004-08-25** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 7721.)
- **2004-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2004-08-24** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 10. Page 5254.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-23** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-08-17** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2004-08-16** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 5.) (August 12). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2004-08-09** In committee: Placed on Appropriations suspense file.
- **2004-07-21** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 4692.). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-07-01** Joint Rule 61(b)(12) suspended. (Page 4540.)
- **2004-06-23** In committee: Set first hearing. Failed passage. Reconsideration granted.
- **2004-06-09** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2004-05-27** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2004-05-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 28. Page 6060.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2004-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 5.) (May 19). Read second time. To third reading. `committee-passage-favorable, reading-2, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2004-04-21** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2004-04-01** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (March 31). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2004-03-15** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2004-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 26.
- **2004-02-24** 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/0563a85f-1b07-4249-90ec-669047c23b52`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).