Agricultural workers: wages, hours, and working conditions.
Existing law sets wage, hour, meal break requirements, and other working conditions for employees and requires an employer to pay overtime wages as specified to an employee who works in excess of a workday or workweek, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties for the violation of these requirements. Existing law exempts agricultural employees from these requirements. Under existing law, the function of the Department of Industrial Relations is to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
California AB 1066 (20152016) — Agricultural workers: wages, hours, and working conditions.
Existing law sets wage, hour, meal break requirements, and other working conditions for employees and requires an employer to pay overtime wages as specified to an employee who works in excess of a workday or workweek, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties for the violation of these requirements. Existing law exempts agricultural employees from these requirements. Under existing law, the function of the Department of Industrial Relations is to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
3rd Reading AB1066 Gonzalez By De León — 21–14 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 44–32 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By WAGNER — 26–49 (fail) · lower
AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Re-refer to Committee By OBERNOLTE — 30–47 (fail) · lower
Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
AB 1066 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading — 54–25 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Gonzalez — primary (person)
Allen — coauthor (person)
Block — coauthor (person)
Bonta — author (person)
Chiu — coauthor (person)
Chu — coauthor (person)
Cristina Garcia — author (person)
Gatto — coauthor (person)
Hall — principal coauthor (person)
Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
Lopez — coauthor (person)
Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
McCarty — author (person)
Medina — coauthor (person)
Mitchell — coauthor (person)
Monning — coauthor (person)
Roger Hernández — author (person)
Thurmond — author (person)
Ting — coauthor (person)
Weber — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
2015-03-19 Referred to Coms. on P.E., R., & S.S. and HIGHER ED. referral-committee
2015-04-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-04-07 Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. referral-committee
2015-04-08 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-04-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-05-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2015-05-18 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
2015-05-20 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2015-05-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2015-06-01 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2015-06-02 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 1787.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2015-06-02 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2015-06-11 Referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee
2016-06-14 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-15 Withdrawn from committee.
2016-06-15 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2016-06-16 Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2016-06-22 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. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-01 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
2016-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2016-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-17 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
2016-08-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2016-08-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5230.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
2016-08-23 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
2016-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 6333.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2016-08-31 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
2016-09-12 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2016-09-12 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2016.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7c91f6e-f376-49ff-a95b-d06d76bd5e98. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).