--- type: "Bill" title: "Minimum wages: health care workers: delay." description: "Existing law requires, for any covered health care facility employer, as defined, with 10,000 or more full-time equivalent employees (FTEE) , as defined, any covered health care facility employer that is a part of an integrated health care delivery system or a health care system with 10,000 or more FTEEs, a covered health care facility employer that is a dialysis clinic or is a person that owns, controls, or operates a dialysis clinic, or a covered health facility owned, affiliated, or operated by a county with a population of more than 5,000,000 as of January 1, 2023, the minimum wage for covered health care employees to be $23 per hour from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025, inclusive, $24 per hour from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, inclusive, and $25 per hour from June 1, 2026, and until as adjusted, as specified." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20232024" identifier: "SB 828" citation: "California SB 828 (20232024)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Minimum wages", "delay", "health care workers"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"] version_count: 6 action_count: 36 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2023-02-17" last_action: "2024-05-31" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb4dc129-9298-4423-a3cc-d7f76d51963b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB828" source_hash: "017bdabaf54fcd1d5c2e4bdd737926b2ec3d226054cbd6a13b05aff5f3ade733" 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 828 (20232024) — Minimum wages: health care workers: delay. Existing law requires, for any covered health care facility employer, as defined, with 10,000 or more full-time equivalent employees (FTEE) , as defined, any covered health care facility employer that is a part of an integrated health care delivery system or a health care system with 10,000 or more FTEEs, a covered health care facility employer that is a dialysis clinic or is a person that owns, controls, or operates a dialysis clinic, or a covered health facility owned, affiliated, or operated by a county with a population of more than 5,000,000 as of January 1, 2023, the minimum wage for covered health care employees to be $23 per hour from June 1, 2024, to May 31, 2025, inclusive, $24 per hour from June 1, 2025, to May 31, 2026, inclusive, and $25 per hour from June 1, 2026, and until as adjusted, as specified. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/17/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB828&version=20230SB82899INT) 2. **03/22/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB828&version=20230SB82898AMD) 3. **05/20/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB828&version=20230SB82897AMD) 4. **05/31/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB828&version=20230SB82895CHP) 5. **SB828** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB828) 6. **05/30/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB828&version=20230SB82896ENR) ## Votes - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Consent Calendar SB828 Smallwood-Cuevas — **39–0** (pass) · upper - SB 828 Smallwood-Cuevas Senate Second Reading By HANEY Amendment Set #1 — **53–15** (pass) · lower - SB 828 Durazo Third Reading Urgency By HANEY — **61–7** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB828 Durazo Urgency Clause Concurrence — **31–1** (pass) · upper - That the Assembly amendments be concurred in — **4–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Durazo — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2023-02-17** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2023-02-21** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 20. - **2023-03-01** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2023-03-22** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee` - **2023-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on PUB S. `referral-committee` - **2023-04-10** Set for hearing April 25. - **2023-04-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To consent calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 902.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee` - **2023-05-01** Set for hearing May 8. - **2023-05-08** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2023-05-09** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2023-05-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 1055.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2023-05-11** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2023-05-18** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee` - **2023-06-05** June 13 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2023-06-21** June 27 set for second hearing canceled at the request of author. - **2024-05-20** Assembly Rule 96 and 63 suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 12. Page 5293.) - **2024-05-20** Withdrawn from committee. - **2024-05-20** Ordered to second reading. - **2024-05-20** Read second time. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-20** Amended. (Ayes 53. Noes 15. Page 5294.) - **2024-05-20** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee` - **2024-05-20** Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. - **2024-05-22** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 22). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2024-05-23** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. - **2024-05-23** Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 7. Page 5639.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3` - **2024-05-23** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2024-05-24** Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). `referral-committee` - **2024-05-24** From committee: Be re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(d). (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 4205.) Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2024-05-24** Set for hearing May 29. - **2024-05-29** From committee: That the Assembly amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 4255.) `committee-passage` - **2024-05-30** Urgency clause adopted. - **2024-05-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 31. Noes 1. Page 4265.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable` - **2024-05-30** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m. - **2024-05-31** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2024-05-31** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 12, Statutes of 2024. `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb4dc129-9298-4423-a3cc-d7f76d51963b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).