---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers: COVID-19 pandemic."
description: "Existing law governs employment relations, defines the contract of employment, and establishes the obligations of employers to their employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 93"
citation: "California SB 93 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Employment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers: COVID-19 pandemic."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2020-12-16"
last_action: "2021-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b7c2b8f-c0b8-4b91-a608-52f62eba05ca"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93"
source_hash: "2d2b2b8fdcfcbd93753bde9919855f60343bd9c9607b1355d4b896add82874f4"
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 SB 93 (20212022) — Employment: rehiring and retention: displaced workers: COVID-19 pandemic.

Existing law governs employment relations, defines the contract of employment, and establishes the obligations of employers to their employees.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/16/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93&version=20210SB9399INT)
2. **02/17/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93&version=20210SB9398AMD)
3. **04/08/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93&version=20210SB9397AMD)
4. **04/12/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93&version=20210SB9396AMD)
5. **04/16/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93&version=20210SB9394CHP)
6. **SB93** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93)
7. **04/15/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB93&version=20210SB9395ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading SB93 — **22–2** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB93 B. & F.R. (Skinner) Concurrence — **25–11** (pass) · upper
- SB 93 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading By TING — **54–19** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-16** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2020-12-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 16.
- **2021-01-11** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-15** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 22. Noes 8. Page 76.)
- **2021-01-15** Ordered to second reading.
- **2021-01-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-01-21** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 22. Noes 2. Page 91.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-01-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-01-22** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-16** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 15. Page 328.)
- **2021-02-17** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-08** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 17. Page 955.)
- **2021-04-12** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2021-04-12** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-04-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 960.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-04-15** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 801.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:15 a.m.
- **2021-04-16** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-16** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 16, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b7c2b8f-c0b8-4b91-a608-52f62eba05ca`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).