republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20132014/ab-442.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employees: wages."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to investigate and enforce statutes and orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission that, among other things, specify the requirements for the payment of wages by employers. Existing law provides for criminal and civil penalties for violations of statutes and orders of the commission regarding payment of wages. Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to recover liquidated damages for an employee who brings a complaint alleging payment of less than the minimum wage fixed by an order of the commission or by statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "AB 442"
citation: "California AB 442 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employees: wages."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Nazarian"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2013-02-19"
last_action: "2013-10-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9ea7e695-ffe6-4eb8-a8a0-0f767ff3bf8a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB442"
source_hash: "e9bf26a293d6760d92363594a718ef7e5bd91003f6673bb04beb8fe6d30a400a"
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 442 (20132014) — Employees: wages.

Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to investigate and enforce statutes and orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission that, among other things, specify the requirements for the payment of wages by employers. Existing law provides for criminal and civil penalties for violations of statutes and orders of the commission regarding payment of wages. Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to recover liquidated damages for an employee who brings a complaint alleging payment of less than the minimum wage fixed by an order of the commission or by statute.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB442&version=20130AB44299INT)
2. **10/11/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB442&version=20130AB44297CHP)
3. **AB442** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB442)
4. **09/05/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB442&version=20130AB44298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary to Consent Calendar. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB442 Nazarian By Monning — **27–11** (pass) · upper
- AB 442 NAZARIAN Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Nazarian — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-19** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2013-02-20** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2013-02-28** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-16** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 16). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-06** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-09** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 1341.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-09** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2013-05-23** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-12** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (June 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-12** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2013-08-13** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-03** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 11. Page 2097.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-03** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2013-09-09** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
- **2013-10-11** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-11** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 735, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9ea7e695-ffe6-4eb8-a8a0-0f767ff3bf8a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).