republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-622.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: E-Verify system: unlawful business practices."
description: "The federal E-Verify system, administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Social Security Administration, enables participating employers to use the system, on a voluntary basis, to verify that the employees they hire are authorized to work in the United States."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "AB 622"
citation: "California AB 622 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: E-Verify system: unlawful business practices."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Roger Hernández"]
version_count: 8
action_count: 25
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2015-02-24"
last_action: "2015-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/92496cbd-37f7-4b14-8c01-46eecec18841"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622"
source_hash: "2e61f7f688ff62a49d42fec615f7947770eba81a1d002242cb80839cd6ca5edc"
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 622 (20152016) — Employment: E-Verify system: unlawful business practices.

The federal E-Verify system, administered by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, the United States Department of Homeland Security, and the United States Social Security Administration, enables participating employers to use the system, on a voluntary basis, to verify that the employees they hire are authorized to work in the United States.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/15 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622&version=20150AB62299INT)
2. **03/26/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622&version=20150AB62298AMD)
3. **04/15/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622&version=20150AB62297AMD)
4. **04/27/15 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622&version=20150AB62296AMD)
5. **06/18/15 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622&version=20150AB62295AMD)
6. **10/09/15 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622&version=20150AB62293CHP)
7. **AB622** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622)
8. **09/09/15 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB622&version=20150AB62294ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB622 Roger Hernández By Hall — **23–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- AB 622 HERNÁNDEZ Assembly Third Reading — **50–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- AB 622 HERNÁNDEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **51–26** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Roger Hernández — primary (person)
- Hall — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2015-02-24** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2015-02-25** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2015-03-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-03-26** 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`
- **2015-04-06** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-15** 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`
- **2015-04-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2015-04-23** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (April 22). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2015-04-27** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-04-28** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2015-05-13** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 13). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 50. Noes 25. Page 1545.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2015-06-04** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2015-06-18** 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`
- **2015-06-25** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 24). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2015-07-06** From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage`
- **2015-07-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 23. Noes 12. Page 2389.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2015-09-02** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 4 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2015-09-04** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 2910.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2015-09-16** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2015-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2015-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 696, Statutes of 2015.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/92496cbd-37f7-4b14-8c01-46eecec18841`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).