---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: car washes."
description: "Existing law, until January 1, 2010, regulates the employment practices of car washes and defines the term \"employer\" for the purpose of those provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 236"
citation: "California AB 236 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: car washes."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-06"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a97bc2dc-a159-4eed-8629-03de629b6547"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB236"
source_hash: "b6fb9394bc57b2e11bad21e2d95abc43822c3e150beb28df58303c10cffe6b77"
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 236 (20092010) — Employment: car washes.

Existing law, until January 1, 2010, regulates the employment practices of car washes and defines the term "employer" for the purpose of those provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/06/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB236&version=20090AB23699INT)
2. **06/25/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB236&version=20090AB23698AMD)
3. **08/26/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB236&version=20090AB23697AMD)
4. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB236&version=20090AB23695CHP)
5. **AB236** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB236)
6. **09/14/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB236&version=20090AB23696ENR)

## Votes

- Assembly 3rd Reading AB236 Swanson By Price — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 236 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 236 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2009-02-06** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-07** From printer. May be heard in committee March 9.
- **2009-03-04** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 22). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-06** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-29** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-06-02** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 27. Page 1927.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-06-03** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-18** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-07-09** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 8. Noes 5.) (August 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-08-19** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-08-26** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-08-27** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-03** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 15. Page 2169.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 10 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2009-09-09** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 50. Noes 26. Page 3191.)
- **2009-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 3193.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2009-09-25** Enrolled and to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 224, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a97bc2dc-a159-4eed-8629-03de629b6547`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).