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Bill	Labor Commissioner: enforcement of employee claims.	(1) Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to investigate and enforce statutes and orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission that, among other things, specify the requirements for the payment of wages by employers. Existing law provides for criminal and civil penalties for violations of statutes and orders of the commission regarding payment of wages.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20152016	AB 970	California AB 970 (20152016)	bill	Labor Commissioner: enforcement of employee claims.	enacted	Nazarian	8	26	7	2015-02-26	2015-10-11	openstates	ocd-bill/48e8a841-fecf-48f0-91e7-8ec779dd007c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160AB970	9a969a0fb547be713245ceeda779ac926343ce98de8e0529c124b3670e5c14df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 970 (20152016) — Labor Commissioner: enforcement of employee claims.

(1) Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to investigate and enforce statutes and orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission that, among other things, specify the requirements for the payment of wages by employers. Existing law provides for criminal and civil penalties for violations of statutes and orders of the commission regarding payment of wages.

Version chain

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

1. 02/26/15 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/15/15 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/29/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/14/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/24/15 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/11/15 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB970 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/15 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• AB 970 NAZARIAN Assembly Third Reading — 48–26 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB970 Nazarian By Leyva — 25–14 (pass) · upper
• AB 970 NAZARIAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 49–29 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 11–5 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Nazarian — 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 L. & E. referral-committee
• 2015-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. reading-2, amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-04-16 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2015-04-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (April 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-04-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 48. Noes 26. Page 1475.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2015-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2015-05-28 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
• 2015-06-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-22 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 22). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2015-06-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-06-29 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-06-30 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-07-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 2015-07-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2015-08-24 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, amendment-passage, reading-1
• 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 25. Noes 14. Page 2300.). 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 49. Noes 29. Page 2773.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2015-09-15 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2015-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2015-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 783, Statutes of 2015.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48e8a841-fecf-48f0-91e7-8ec779dd007c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).