republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2674.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment records: right to inspect."
description: "(1) Existing law requires that every employer, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, furnish to each of his or her employees, either as a detachable part of the check, draft, or voucher paying the employee's wages, or separately when wages are paid by personal check or cash, an accurate itemized statement in writing showing specified items. Existing law requires an employer to keep a copy of the statement and the record of deductions on file for at least 3 years at the place of employment or at a central location within the State of California."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2674"
citation: "California AB 2674 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment records: right to inspect."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Swanson"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2012-03-05"
last_action: "2012-09-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/85d26062-54be-417c-892b-14e51ad5c10f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674"
source_hash: "0d4d95d5e21a7755f4a163fcce1bd0228c6927851b1e623f544f9ffcfc544831"
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 2674 (20112012) — Employment records: right to inspect.

(1) Existing law requires that every employer, semimonthly or at the time of each payment of wages, furnish to each of his or her employees, either as a detachable part of the check, draft, or voucher paying the employee's wages, or separately when wages are paid by personal check or cash, an accurate itemized statement in writing showing specified items. Existing law requires an employer to keep a copy of the statement and the record of deductions on file for at least 3 years at the place of employment or at a central location within the State of California.

## Version chain

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

1. **03/05/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267499INT)
2. **03/27/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267498AMD)
3. **04/09/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267497AMD)
4. **07/03/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267496AMD)
5. **08/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267495AMD)
6. **08/23/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267494AMD)
7. **09/30/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267492CHP)
8. **AB2674** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674)
9. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2674&version=20110AB267493ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2674 Swanson By Wright — **23–13** (pass) · upper
- AB 2674 SWANSON Assembly Third Reading — **48–25** (pass) · lower
- AB 2674 SWANSON Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **53–26** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-03-05** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-06** From printer. May be heard in committee April 5.
- **2012-03-19** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-27** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-03-28** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-09** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (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 48. Noes 25. Page 4712.) `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 Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-03** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-08-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **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`
- **2012-08-23** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 4788.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 13. Page 4889.). `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 53. Noes 26. Page 6567.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2012-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 842, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/85d26062-54be-417c-892b-14e51ad5c10f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).