--- type: "Bill" title: "Talent agencies: education and training." description: "Existing law requires talent agencies to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to talent agencies." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 2338" citation: "California AB 2338 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Talent agencies: education and training."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Levine"] version_count: 9 action_count: 29 vote_count: 8 first_action: "2018-02-13" last_action: "2018-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90734078-5d88-4992-a360-2ae483fa03bb" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338" source_hash: "091ac45d5eafea885a7828c1c2fe60dcdc4cc6dfd17c67450faee0c2dce5156e" 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 2338 (20172018) — Talent agencies: education and training. Existing law requires talent agencies to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to talent agencies. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/13/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233899INT) 2. **04/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233898AMD) 3. **04/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233897AMD) 4. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233896AMD) 5. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233895AMD) 6. **08/24/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233894AMD) 7. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233892CHP) 8. **AB2338** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338) 9. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2338&version=20170AB233893ENR) ## Votes - Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - AB 2338 LEVINE Assembly Third Reading — **73–1** (pass) · lower - AB 2338 LEVINE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **72–4** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended. — **12–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended — **7–0** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading AB2338 Levine By Jackson — **35–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Levine — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-02-13** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2018-02-14** From printer. May be heard in committee March 16. - **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-05** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-04-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-04-24** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-09** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2018-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 1. Page 5646.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2018-07-02** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee` - **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-24** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 35. Noes 2. Page 5908.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2018-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6773.) - **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 72. Noes 4. Page 6906.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m. - **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 967, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90734078-5d88-4992-a360-2ae483fa03bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).