---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pupil work permits."
description: "Existing law authorizes the superintendent of a school district in which a minor resides, the chief executive officer of a charter school, or specified school employees authorized by the superintendent or chief executive officer in writing, to issue a work permit to a pupil upon receipt of a written request from a parent, guardian, foster parent, or other specified person. A superintendent of a school district also is authorized to designate the principal or another person having charge of a private school to issue work permits. Existing law imposes limits on the number of hours per schoolday and per week that a pupil with a work permit may work."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 66"
citation: "California AB 66 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pupil work permits."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anderson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2008-12-10"
last_action: "2009-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/afbbe14b-34a9-4897-a397-98f31472c381"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB66"
source_hash: "4dd36dd6911a44d20ea2fcb72476141d5b36e7ea6d63e3b4831f48c446069ab5"
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 66 (20092010) — Pupil work permits.

Existing law authorizes the superintendent of a school district in which a minor resides, the chief executive officer of a charter school, or specified school employees authorized by the superintendent or chief executive officer in writing, to issue a work permit to a pupil upon receipt of a written request from a parent, guardian, foster parent, or other specified person. A superintendent of a school district also is authorized to designate the principal or another person having charge of a private school to issue work permits. Existing law imposes limits on the number of hours per schoolday and per week that a pupil with a work permit may work.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/10/08 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB66&version=20090AB6699INT)
2. **10/11/09 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB66&version=20090AB6697CHP)
3. **AB66** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB66)
4. **09/04/09 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB66&version=20090AB6698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB66 Anderson By Wyland — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 66 ANDERSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2008-12-10** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2008-12-11** From printer. May be heard in committee January 10.
- **2008-12-16** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-05** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-03-19** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (March 18). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-03-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 677.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-03-26** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-04-30** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-17** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 17). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-06-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-01** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 2063.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-02** In Assembly. To enrollment.
- **2009-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 2:45 p.m.
- **2009-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2009-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 214, Statutes of 2009.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/afbbe14b-34a9-4897-a397-98f31472c381`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).