---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking."
description: "(1) Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the \"ABC\" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20252026"
identifier: "SB 809"
citation: "California SB 809 (20252026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employeesandindependentcontractors", "constructiontrucking"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 36
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c5cfdc68-e7a2-411e-8533-cc863370ac3e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809"
source_hash: "a47bc536d3474956158c3899ec64e0a3a25abf1c9a8ba28f99c9a835c6f73056"
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 809 (20252026) — Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.

(1) Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/21/25 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80999INT)
2. **03/28/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80998AMD)
3. **04/24/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80997AMD)
4. **05/23/25 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80996AMD)
5. **07/10/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80995AMD)
6. **09/02/25 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80994AMD)
7. **10/11/25 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80992CHP)
8. **SB809** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809)
9. **09/18/25 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202520260SB809&version=20250SB80993ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **11–3** (pass) · lower
- SB 809 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Ramos — **63–12** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Unfinished Business SB809 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **29–8** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **12–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **28–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **5–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Durazo — primary (person)
- Kalra — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2025-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
- **2025-02-24** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Set for hearing April 9.
- **2025-03-28** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 739.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Set for hearing April 22.
- **2025-04-23** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 838.) (April 22). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-04-29** Set for hearing May 5.
- **2025-04-29** May 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2025-05-02** Set for hearing May 12.
- **2025-05-06** May 12 hearing postponed by committee.
- **2025-05-09** Set for hearing May 19.
- **2025-05-19** May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-05-20** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2025-05-23** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1214.) (May 23). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-05-29** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1339.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2025-06-05** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2025-07-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-10** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2025-07-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2025-08-20** August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2025-08-29** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2025-09-12** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 3405.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2025-09-12** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2025-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3028.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-09-23** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
- **2025-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 659, Statutes of 2025. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c5cfdc68-e7a2-411e-8533-cc863370ac3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).