republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2532.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment services: verification."
description: "Existing law requires each state or local government agency or community action agency, or any private organization contracting with a state or local government agency, that provides specified employment services to verify an individual's legal status or authorization to work prior to providing services to that individual in accordance with procedures established under federal law. Existing law specifies that proof of legal status or authorization to work includes specified documents providing evidence of legal residence or authorization to work in the United States. It also specifies that those provisions requiring verification of an individual's legal status or authorization to work prior to providing employment services do not apply to employment services offered by school districts under secondary school and adult education programs."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2532"
citation: "California AB 2532 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment services: verification."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chiu"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-09-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fb4698b0-d436-425f-ba50-baf2f9a1d745"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2532"
source_hash: "346167426b62cc8ecb6b583df418c8dfd818ce3743a66906befb474c0f606d1b"
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 2532 (20152016) — Employment services: verification.

Existing law requires each state or local government agency or community action agency, or any private organization contracting with a state or local government agency, that provides specified employment services to verify an individual's legal status or authorization to work prior to providing services to that individual in accordance with procedures established under federal law. Existing law specifies that proof of legal status or authorization to work includes specified documents providing evidence of legal residence or authorization to work in the United States. It also specifies that those provisions requiring verification of an individual's legal status or authorization to work prior to providing employment services do not apply to employment services offered by school districts under secondary school and adult education programs.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2532&version=20150AB253299INT)
2. **09/28/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2532&version=20150AB253297CHP)
3. **AB2532** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2532)
4. **08/17/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2532&version=20150AB253298ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2532 Chiu By Hueso — **28–9** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **15–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 2532 CHIU Assembly Third Reading — **54–20** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chiu — primary (person)
- Williams — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-08** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-30** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-04** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 20. Page 4859.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-26** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-31** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2016-06-08** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-27** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-08-15** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 28. Noes 9. Page 4956.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-08-16** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-08-22** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-09-28** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-09-28** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 759, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fb4698b0-d436-425f-ba50-baf2f9a1d745`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).