---
type: "Bill"
title: "Recovery of wages: liquidated damages."
description: "Existing law authorizes an employee to bring a civil lawsuit against his or her employer for the unpaid balance of wages or compensation owed to that employee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2074"
citation: "California AB 2074 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Recovery of wages: liquidated damages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 16
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-20"
last_action: "2014-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1a630de1-0df1-43c2-8fda-b15c45e485ab"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2074"
source_hash: "5871042288fc494ab970d4d9e4f20a943d359dbfe8b9653c4753107c825982f4"
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 2074 (20132014) — Recovery of wages: liquidated damages.

Existing law authorizes an employee to bring a civil lawsuit against his or her employer for the unpaid balance of wages or compensation owed to that employee.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2074&version=20130AB207499INT)
2. **08/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2074&version=20130AB207497CHP)
3. **AB2074** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2074)
4. **08/06/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2074&version=20130AB207498ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 2074 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **56–21** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2074 Roger Hernández By Leno — **25–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2014-03-03** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-05-08** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 7). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 56. Noes 21. Page 4963.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-15** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-22** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 24). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-08-04** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 10. Page 4301.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-08-04** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2014-08-08** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2014-08-19** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2014-08-19** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 211, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1a630de1-0df1-43c2-8fda-b15c45e485ab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).