---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment of infants: entertainment industry."
description: "Existing law regulates the employment of minors in the entertainment industry and requires the written consent of the Labor Commissioner for a minor under the age of 16 to take part in certain types of employment. Existing law establishes a program to be administered by the Labor Commissioner that enables a minor's parent or guardian, prior to the first employment of a minor performer and under specified conditions, to obtain a temporary permit for the employment of a minor. Existing law prohibits the employment on a motion picture set or location of an infant under the age of one month unless a prescribed certification is made by a physician and surgeon who is board certified in pediatrics."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2396"
citation: "California AB 2396 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment of infants: entertainment industry."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/38e97958-8523-4282-94ff-ed7d67a669bb"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2396"
source_hash: "7a8b33d689025f173ba2fb41868b5156702a70fe04a61ddeba928fedb83ab2c4"
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 2396 (20112012) — Employment of infants: entertainment industry.

Existing law regulates the employment of minors in the entertainment industry and requires the written consent of the Labor Commissioner for a minor under the age of 16 to take part in certain types of employment. Existing law establishes a program to be administered by the Labor Commissioner that enables a minor's parent or guardian, prior to the first employment of a minor performer and under specified conditions, to obtain a temporary permit for the employment of a minor. Existing law prohibits the employment on a motion picture set or location of an infant under the age of one month unless a prescribed certification is made by a physician and surgeon who is board certified in pediatrics.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2396&version=20110AB239699INT)
2. **09/07/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2396&version=20110AB239697CHP)
3. **AB2396** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2396)
4. **08/16/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2396&version=20110AB239698ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **8–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **13–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2396 Committee on Arts, Entertainment, By Gaines — **35–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2396 A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Assembly Third Reading By CAMPOS — **55–20** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Arts, Entertain, Sports, Tourism, & Internet Media — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-22** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-17** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (April 17). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 3.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-07** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 4710.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-07** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-17** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-06-25** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 0. Page 4485.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2012-09-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 260, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/38e97958-8523-4282-94ff-ed7d67a669bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).