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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Meal periods: exemptions."
description: "Existing law prohibits, subject to certain exceptions, an employer from requiring an employee to work more than 5 hours per day without providing a meal period and, notwithstanding that provision, authorizes the Industrial Welfare Commission to adopt a working condition order permitting a meal period to commence after 6 hours of work if the order is consistent with the health and welfare of affected employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20092010"
identifier: "AB 569"
citation: "California AB 569 (20092010)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Meal periods: exemptions."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Emmerson"]
version_count: 13
action_count: 40
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2009-02-25"
last_action: "2010-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ccfb774b-c2a3-4ba4-ac61-04ea4cd25a3b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569"
source_hash: "8504842922bb8690767ed13c4887a77f64e96b836db7a1f5481eb6157c524da1"
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 569 (20092010) — Meal periods: exemptions.
Existing law prohibits, subject to certain exceptions, an employer from requiring an employee to work more than 5 hours per day without providing a meal period and, notwithstanding that provision, authorizes the Industrial Welfare Commission to adopt a working condition order permitting a meal period to commence after 6 hours of work if the order is consistent with the health and welfare of affected employees.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/25/09 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56999INT)
2. **04/02/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56998AMD)
3. **04/27/09 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56997AMD)
4. **05/25/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56992AMD)
5. **06/16/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56991AMD)
6. **07/01/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56996AMD)
7. **08/20/10 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56990AMD)
8. **09/04/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56995AMD)
9. **09/10/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56994AMD)
10. **09/11/09 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56993AMD)
11. **09/30/10 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56988CHP)
12. **AB569** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569)
13. **09/03/10 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200920100AB569&version=20090AB56989ENR)
## Votes
- AB 569 EMMERSON Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 569 Concurrence in Senate Amendments By BERRYHILL, B. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB569 Emmerson By Emmerson — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Emmerson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2009-02-25** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2009-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 28.
- **2009-03-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-02** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-04-13** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2009-04-23** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2009-05-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2009-05-18** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 2. Page 1625.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2009-05-21** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2009-06-04** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2009-06-22** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2009-06-30** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2009-07-01** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-07-14** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2009-07-15** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-04** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2009-09-08** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). `referral-committee`
- **2009-09-10** Senate Rule 29.3 suspended.
- **2009-09-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2009-09-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-02-04** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2010-05-18** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2010-05-25** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-16** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `amendment-introduction, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-1`
- **2010-06-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2010-08-02** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2010-08-03** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-20** Read third time, amended. To second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-23** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 1. Page 4869.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2010-08-25** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 27 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2010-08-26** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 49. Noes 27. Page 6707.)
- **2010-08-26** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 70. Noes 4. Page 6727.) `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2010-09-08** Enrolled and to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2010-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2010-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 662, Statutes of 2010.
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ccfb774b-c2a3-4ba4-ac61-04ea4cd25a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).