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Bill	Employment: minors.	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.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1401	California AB 1401 (20112012)	bill	Employment: minors.	enacted	Committee on Arts, Entertainment, Sports, Tourism, and Internet Media	5	22	9	2011-03-02	2011-10-07	openstates	ocd-bill/21972cbd-1e86-45eb-b873-65a0183f2b0e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1401	03fb3768d8de0868bd9c8379fe81f68377a511fb01b3da40e6d3d39e2b08012d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1401 (20112012) — Employment: minors.

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.

Version chain

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

1. 03/02/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/15/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 10/07/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB1401 (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/29/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1401 A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Assembly Third Reading By CAMPOS — 52–24 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1401 Committee on Arts, Entertainment, By DeSaulnier — 25–9 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — 7–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 6–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 1401 A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By CAMPOS — 53–24 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

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

Timeline

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

• 2011-03-02 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2011-03-03 From printer. May be heard in committee April 2.
• 2011-03-21 Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2011-04-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 4). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 18). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-19 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 1559.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 2.) (July 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-13 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-15 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 9. Page 2010.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-08-22 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 24 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2011-08-25 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 53. Noes 24. Page 2568.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
• 2011-10-07 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-07 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 557, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/21972cbd-1e86-45eb-b873-65a0183f2b0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).