---
type: "Bill"
title: "Newspapers: state agency advertising: worker status: independent contractors."
description: "(1) Existing law sets out the various responsibilities of the Department of General Services and state agencies in overseeing and implementing state contracting procedures and policies."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20192020"
identifier: "AB 323"
citation: "California AB 323 (20192020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Newspapers: state agency advertising: worker status: independent contractors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanca Rubio"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-01-30"
last_action: "2020-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/823fab5b-5a31-4444-88bb-8db5f1c036c4"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323"
source_hash: "b74225ef8f1d415c54f55274f034d118071168a5f06c6f3eccdf3f0a39890b03"
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 323 (20192020) — Newspapers: state agency advertising: worker status: independent contractors.

(1) Existing law sets out the various responsibilities of the Department of General Services and state agencies in overseeing and implementing state contracting procedures and policies.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/30/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32399INT)
2. **04/02/19 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32398AMD)
3. **08/07/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32397AMD)
4. **08/20/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32396AMD)
5. **08/25/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32395AMD)
6. **08/27/20 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32394AMD)
7. **09/30/20 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32392CHP)
8. **AB323** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323)
9. **09/04/20 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB323&version=20190AB32393ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **28–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB323 Blanca Rubio et al. By McGuire — **39–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 323 Daly Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 323 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **71–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
- Aguiar-Curry — coauthor (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Archuleta — coauthor (person)
- Bates — coauthor (person)
- Bauer-Kahan — coauthor (person)
- Caballero — principal coauthor (person)
- Chang — coauthor (person)
- Chu — coauthor (person)
- Cooley — coauthor (person)
- Cunningham — coauthor (person)
- Diep — coauthor (person)
- Dodd — principal coauthor (person)
- Flora — coauthor (person)
- Frazier — coauthor (person)
- Friedman — coauthor (person)
- Galgiani — coauthor (person)
- Gallagher — coauthor (person)
- Glazer — coauthor (person)
- Grayson — principal coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — principal coauthor (person)
- Irwin — coauthor (person)
- Kamlager — coauthor (person)
- Kiley — coauthor (person)
- Levine — coauthor (person)
- Low — coauthor (person)
- Mayes — coauthor (person)
- McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
- Mullin — coauthor (person)
- O'Donnell — coauthor (person)
- Obernolte — coauthor (person)
- Quirk-Silva — coauthor (person)
- Ramos — coauthor (person)
- Robert Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Roth — coauthor (person)
- Rubio — coauthor (person)
- Smith — coauthor (person)
- Umberg — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-30** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2019-01-31** From printer. May be heard in committee March 2.
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on BUDGET. Read second time and amended. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 28. Noes 0.) (April 29). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2019-05-02** Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. pursuant to Assembly Rule 97. `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-13** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Page 3787.)
- **2020-01-13** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-01-13** Ordered to third reading.
- **2020-01-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3865.) `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-01-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2020-06-23** Referred to Com. on G.O. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-07** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on G.O. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-10** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Ayes 22. Noes 6. Page 4130.)
- **2020-08-10** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2020-08-10** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-10** Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2020-08-17** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2020-08-20** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2020-08-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-25** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-27** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2020-08-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). `passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2020-08-30** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2020-08-31** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 71. Noes 4. Page 5430.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2020-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 341, Statutes of 2020.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/823fab5b-5a31-4444-88bb-8db5f1c036c4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).