republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-2535.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: wages: itemized statements."
description: "Existing law requires an employer to provide his or her employee an accurate itemized statement in writing containing specified information, either semimonthly or at the time the employer pays the employee his or her wages. That specified information includes showing total hours worked by the employee, unless the employee's compensation is solely based on a salary and the employee is exempt from payment of overtime under a specified statute or any applicable order of the Industrial Welfare Commission."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 2535"
citation: "California AB 2535 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: wages: itemized statements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ridley-Thomas"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e2a982dd-be7e-48a6-865c-6fc3ffc7e287"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2535"
source_hash: "063a11498b24344360f630fa06907ce348b68e33b31b13316a70230fd601aa1c"
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 2535 (20152016) — Employment: wages: itemized statements.

Existing law requires an employer to provide his or her employee an accurate itemized statement in writing containing specified information, either semimonthly or at the time the employer pays the employee his or her wages. That specified information includes showing total hours worked by the employee, unless the employee's compensation is solely based on a salary and the employee is exempt from payment of overtime under a specified statute or any applicable order of the Industrial Welfare Commission.

## 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=201520160AB2535&version=20150AB253599INT)
2. **03/15/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2535&version=20150AB253598AMD)
3. **04/25/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2535&version=20150AB253597AMD)
4. **07/22/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2535&version=20150AB253595CHP)
5. **AB2535** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2535)
6. **07/07/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB2535&version=20150AB253596ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 2535 RIDLEY-THOMAS Consent Calendar Second Day — **76–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Consent Calendar 2nd AB2535 Ridley-Thomas — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ridley-Thomas — primary (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`
- **2016-03-14** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2016-03-15** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2016-04-25** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-11** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 20. Noes 0.) (May 11). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-05-12** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-19** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 4871.) `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. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (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 and ordered to consent calendar. `committee-passage`
- **2016-06-28** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4651.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-30** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2016-07-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2016-07-22** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-22** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 77, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e2a982dd-be7e-48a6-865c-6fc3ffc7e287`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).