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type: "Bill"
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title: "Agricultural workers: wages, hours, and working conditions."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20152016"
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identifier: "AB 1066"
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citation: "California AB 1066 (20152016)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Agricultural workers: wages", "hours", "and working conditions."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Gonzalez"]
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version_count: 9
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 11
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first_action: "2015-02-26"
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last_action: "2016-09-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7c91f6e-f376-49ff-a95b-d06d76bd5e98"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066"
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source_hash: "eca3e27959dc029042576404d0fc7d10fd735b709fd1d26e052ff6b576387e58"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 1066 (20152016) — Agricultural workers: wages, hours, and working conditions.
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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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/26/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106699INT)
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2. **04/06/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106698AMD)
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3. **05/14/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106697AMD)
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4. **06/14/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106696AMD)
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5. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106695AMD)
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6. **08/17/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106694AMD)
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7. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106692CHP)
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8. **AB1066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066)
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9. **08/30/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB1066&version=20150AB106693ENR)
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## Votes
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- 3rd Reading AB1066 Gonzalez By De León — **21–14** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Higher Education] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
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- AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **44–32** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By WAGNER — **26–49** (fail) · lower
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- AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Re-refer to Committee By OBERNOLTE — **30–47** (fail) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 1066 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading — **54–25** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Gonzalez — primary (person)
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- Allen — coauthor (person)
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- Block — coauthor (person)
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- Bonta — author (person)
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- Chiu — coauthor (person)
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- Chu — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — author (person)
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- Gatto — coauthor (person)
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- Hall — principal coauthor (person)
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- Jones-Sawyer — author (person)
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- Lopez — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Stone — coauthor (person)
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- McCarty — author (person)
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- Medina — coauthor (person)
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- Mitchell — coauthor (person)
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- Monning — coauthor (person)
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- Roger Hernández — author (person)
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- Thurmond — author (person)
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- Ting — coauthor (person)
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- Weber — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2015-02-26** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2015-02-27** From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
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- **2015-03-19** Referred to Coms. on P.E., R., & S.S. and HIGHER ED. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2015-04-07** Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2015-05-18** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-20** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2015-05-28** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2015-06-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 1787.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2015-06-02** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2015-06-11** Referred to Com. on ED. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **2016-06-15** Withdrawn from committee.
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- **2016-06-15** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-06-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
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- **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`
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- **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`
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- **2016-08-01** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2016-08-11** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
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- **2016-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-17** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5230.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
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- **2016-08-23** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2016-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 6333.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
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- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.
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- **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2016.
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7c91f6e-f376-49ff-a95b-d06d76bd5e98`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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