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Bill	Employer use of social media.	Existing law generally regulates the conduct of employers in the state.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	AB 1844	California AB 1844 (20112012)	bill	Employer use of social media.	enacted	Campos	11	34	8	2012-02-22	2012-09-27	openstates	ocd-bill/55bfe1d1-f609-4dd0-adf4-35a733b580d6	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844	719e3d0181d627cc430df415b72399485cda05b187b56dcbcb13188c4766b2c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1844 (20112012) — Employer use of social media.

Existing law generally regulates the conduct of employers in the state.

Version chain

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

1. 02/22/12 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/29/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/17/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 04/26/12 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 06/20/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 07/02/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/20/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/22/12 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/27/12 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
10. AB1844 (committee substitute) — source
11. 09/11/12 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended. — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1844 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1844 Campos By Padilla Reconsider — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB1844 Campos By Padilla — 29–5 (pass) · upper
• Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1844 Campos By Padilla — 37–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 1844 CAMPOS Assembly Third Reading — 73–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Campos — primary (person)
• Alejo — coauthor (person)
• Allen — coauthor (person)
• Gordon — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Lara — coauthor (person)
• Perea — coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
• Wagner — coauthor (person)
• Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
• Yamada — coauthor (person)
• Yee — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2012-02-22 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2012-02-23 From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
• 2012-03-05 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. referral-committee
• 2012-03-29 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-09 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-04-17 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-18 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2012-04-25 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-04-26 Read second time and amended. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-04-30 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2012-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 2). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-05-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-05-10 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4779.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-05-10 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2012-05-24 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2012-06-04 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2012-06-20 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. reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2012-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2012-07-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4578.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-20 Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
• 2012-08-20 Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4578.)
• 2012-08-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2012-08-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2012-08-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 4886.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2012-08-28 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2012-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
• 2012-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6542.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2012-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
• 2012-09-27 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2012-09-27 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2012.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/55bfe1d1-f609-4dd0-adf4-35a733b580d6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).