republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-168.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employers: salary information."
description: "Existing law imposes various restrictions on employers with respect to applicants for employment. A violation of those restrictions is a misdemeanor."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 168"
citation: "California AB 168 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employers: salary information."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eggman"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-10-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0aae04c9-2148-4149-b223-11b293a29a8e"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168"
source_hash: "997ba33197ea9cbc50875ac33bb39b8c41a64a288fb33d72e436093d9bb7b9f7"
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 168 (20172018) — Employers: salary information.

Existing law imposes various restrictions on employers with respect to applicants for employment. A violation of those restrictions is a misdemeanor.

## Version chain

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

1. **01/17/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168&version=20170AB16899INT)
2. **05/15/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168&version=20170AB16898AMD)
3. **06/06/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168&version=20170AB16897AMD)
4. **09/08/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168&version=20170AB16896AMD)
5. **10/12/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168&version=20170AB16894CHP)
6. **AB168** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168)
7. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB168&version=20170AB16895ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB168 Eggman et al. By Jackson — **27–10** (pass) · upper
- AB 168 EGGMAN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **57–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eggman — primary (person)
- Atkins — principal coauthor (person)
- Cristina Garcia — principal coauthor (person)
- Eduardo Garcia — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Mathis — coauthor (person)
- Waldron — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2017-01-18** From printer. May be heard in committee February 17.
- **2017-04-06** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-05-10** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-05-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 10). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-15** Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1535.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 60. Noes 9. Page 1639.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-22** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-01** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-06** 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. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction`
- **2017-06-14** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 14). Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-06-21** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (July 10). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2017-07-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-12** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 27. Noes 10. Page 2760.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 3255.)
- **2017-09-14** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 57. Noes 15. Page 3363.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-25** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 12 p.m.
- **2017-10-12** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-12** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 688, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0aae04c9-2148-4149-b223-11b293a29a8e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).