---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: wages."
description: "Existing law authorizes specified employees working in the entertainment industry and their employers to enter into a collective bargaining agreement to establish a time limit for payment of wages after an employee is discharged or laid off."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 2743"
citation: "California AB 2743 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: wages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Labor and Employment"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 18
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2014-02-27"
last_action: "2014-08-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a43ad52-d528-4a88-96ce-7a4806de373d"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2743"
source_hash: "7f5cef6b0d319d623043fe39692cc55f91160a3efa1cc9ec021832572ac8e0af"
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 2743 (20132014) — Employment: wages.

Existing law authorizes specified employees working in the entertainment industry and their employers to enter into a collective bargaining agreement to establish a time limit for payment of wages after an employee is discharged or laid off.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/27/14 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2743&version=20130AB274399INT)
2. **08/19/14 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2743&version=20130AB274397CHP)
3. **AB2743** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2743)
4. **08/06/14 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB2743&version=20130AB274398ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2743 Committee on L. & E. (R.Hernández By Hueso — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 2743 L. & E. Assembly Third Reading By HERNÁNDEZ — **49–23** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **4–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Committee on Labor and Employment — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2014-02-27** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2014-02-28** From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.
- **2014-03-17** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2014-03-24** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2014-04-03** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (April 2). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-09** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (April 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2014-04-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2014-05-01** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 23. Page 4705.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2014-05-01** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2014-05-15** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2014-06-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2014-06-23** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2014-06-24** 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 11. Page 4300.). `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 210, Statutes of 2014.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a43ad52-d528-4a88-96ce-7a4806de373d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).