republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Overtime compensation: private elementary or secondary academic institutions: teachers."
description: "Existing law provides that 8 hours of labor constitutes a day's work. Under existing law, any work in excess of 8 hours in one workday and any work in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek, and the first 8 hours worked on the 7th day of work in any one workweek, is required to be compensated at the rate of no less than 112 times the regular rate of pay for an employee. Existing law also provides that hours worked in excess of 12 hours in one day as well as hours worked in excess of 8 hours on any 7th day of work are to be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the regular rate of pay of an employee. Existing law exempts from these provisions an individual employed as a teacher at a private elementary or secondary academic institution if specified requirements are met, including, among others, that the employee earns a monthly salary equivalent to no less than 2 times the state minimum wage for full-time employment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2230"
citation: "California AB 2230 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Overtime compensation: private elementary or secondary academic institutions: teachers."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2016-02-18"
last_action: "2016-09-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2d1b1316-da56-4370-ab9e-1d28555ac2a8"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2230"
source_hash: "cf358d8d3c221f638fbc1c13f56f8cb03173b8c27c34334b269b7e01c9db6be1"
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 2230 (20152016) — Overtime compensation: private elementary or secondary academic institutions: teachers.

Existing law provides that 8 hours of labor constitutes a day's work. Under existing law, any work in excess of 8 hours in one workday and any work in excess of 40 hours in any one workweek, and the first 8 hours worked on the 7th day of work in any one workweek, is required to be compensated at the rate of no less than 112 times the regular rate of pay for an employee. Existing law also provides that hours worked in excess of 12 hours in one day as well as hours worked in excess of 8 hours on any 7th day of work are to be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the regular rate of pay of an employee. Existing law exempts from these provisions an individual employed as a teacher at a private elementary or secondary academic institution if specified requirements are met, including, among others, that the employee earns a monthly salary equivalent to no less than 2 times the state minimum wage for full-time employment.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/18/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2230&version=20150AB223099INT)
2. **05/09/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2230&version=20150AB223098AMD)
3. **06/22/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2230&version=20150AB223097AMD)
4. **09/12/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2230&version=20150AB223095CHP)
5. **AB2230** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2230)
6. **08/25/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2230&version=20150AB223096ENR)

## Votes

- With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB2230 Chu By Mendoza — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2230 CHU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2230 CHU Assembly Third Reading — **77–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Rules] — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2016-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on INS. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-05** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 13. Noes 0.) (May 4). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-05-09** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-10** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4893.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-23** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-06-02** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `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 RLS. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-29** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2016-06-29** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-01** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-02** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4963.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 18 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2016-08-18** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2016-08-23** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 22). `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-24** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6219.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-08-31** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 314, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2d1b1316-da56-4370-ab9e-1d28555ac2a8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).