republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-263.md

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Bill	Employment: retaliation: immigration-related practices.	Existing law prohibits an employer from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant has engaged in prescribed protected conduct relating to the enforcement of the employee's or applicant's rights. Existing law provides that an employee who made a bona fide complaint, and was consequently discharged or otherwise suffered an adverse action, is entitled to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for an employer to willfully refuse to reinstate or otherwise restore an employee who is determined by a specified procedure to be eligible for reinstatement.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 263	California AB 263 (20132014)	bill	Employment: retaliation: immigration-related practices.	enacted	Roger Hernández	9	32	10	2013-02-07	2013-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/42b27498-7768-4220-8b11-d0300299df4b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB263	3143c5de82ef245f038f3145ac01e67f624f94acd98d0d3eabe455388372c1bd	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 263 (20132014) — Employment: retaliation: immigration-related practices.

Existing law prohibits an employer from discharging an employee or in any manner discriminating against any employee or applicant for employment because the employee or applicant has engaged in prescribed protected conduct relating to the enforcement of the employee's or applicant's rights. Existing law provides that an employee who made a bona fide complaint, and was consequently discharged or otherwise suffered an adverse action, is entitled to reinstatement and reimbursement for lost wages. Existing law makes it a misdemeanor for an employer to willfully refuse to reinstate or otherwise restore an employee who is determined by a specified procedure to be eligible for reinstatement.

Version chain

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

1. 02/07/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/11/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/24/13 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/08/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/12/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/03/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/11/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. AB263 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/16/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB263 Roger Hernández By Steinberg — 27–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 5–1 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 263 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — 52–23 (pass) · lower
• AB 263 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 4–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 3–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Roger Hernández — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-07 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-08 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. referral-committee
• 2013-04-11 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-15 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-04-22 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1034.)
• 2013-04-22 (Pending re-referral to the Com. on L. & E.)
• 2013-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-02 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (May 1). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-05-15 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2013-05-24 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 24). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-24 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-05-28 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-05-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 23. Page 1737.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-05-29 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-06-13 Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2013-06-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage
• 2013-07-03 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 2). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-07-08 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-12 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-08-19 In committee: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2013-08-30 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 30). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-03 Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2264.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 19. Page 3075.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-19 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2013-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 732, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42b27498-7768-4220-8b11-d0300299df4b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).