republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/ab-897.md

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Bill	Grocery workers.	Existing law regulates various aspects of the workplace and employee safety and health.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 897	California AB 897 (20152016)	bill	Grocery workers.	enacted	Gonzalez	7	24	5	2015-02-26	2015-09-21	openstates	ocd-bill/42ec3f9b-4e32-4d0a-8de7-f2b329ddba0e	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB897	c3f780ac00883406b5e9171222a3fe11d6d8167d806aecf69689e178be5dcd70	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 897 (20152016) — Grocery workers.

Existing law regulates various aspects of the workplace and employee safety and health.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/22/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/20/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/21/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB897 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB897 Gonzalez By Leyva — 24–10 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 10–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 897 GONZALEZ Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 897 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 63–15 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2015-02-26 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2015-02-27 From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.
• 2015-03-16 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-04-30 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2015-05-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-05-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (May 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-20 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (May 20). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-05-21 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1595.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-06-04 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2015-08-20 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2015-08-24 Ordered to second reading.
• 2015-08-25 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 2301.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 2 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2015-09-02 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 15. Page 2772.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-09-21 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-09-21 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/42ec3f9b-4e32-4d0a-8de7-f2b329ddba0e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).