republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2388.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: minors."
description: "Existing law regulates the employment of minors in the entertainment industry and requires the written consent of the Labor Commissioner for a minor under 16 years of age to take part in certain types of employment. Existing law makes it a crime to employ or for a parent or guardian to permit the employment of a minor in violation of these provisions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2388"
citation: "California AB 2388 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: minors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chu"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 26
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-14"
last_action: "2018-09-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e78cb03-78f1-4610-998e-611ea905ade5"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2388"
source_hash: "d663012b9e5b114b610028e497285b10e5224f5074b418edb1fb8377eff829fa"
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 2388 (20172018) — Employment: minors.

Existing law regulates the employment of minors in the entertainment industry and requires the written consent of the Labor Commissioner for a minor under 16 years of age to take part in certain types of employment. Existing law makes it a crime to employ or for a parent or guardian to permit the employment of a minor in violation of these provisions.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/14/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2388&version=20170AB238899INT)
2. **05/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2388&version=20170AB238898AMD)
3. **06/14/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2388&version=20170AB238897AMD)
4. **09/05/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2388&version=20170AB238895CHP)
5. **AB2388** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2388)
6. **08/22/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2388&version=20170AB238896ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2388 CHU Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2388 CHU Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor and Employment] — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **16–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- Special Consent AB2388 — **37–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chu — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
- **2018-03-01** Referred to Coms. on A.,E.,S.,T., & I.M. and L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 4). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-05-21** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-22** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-23** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2018-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-29** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5437.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-05-30** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-07** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-14** 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`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-06-25** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2018-06-25** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2018-06-25** Ordered to second reading.
- **2018-06-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-01** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2018-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5284.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-14** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6355.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 261, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e78cb03-78f1-4610-998e-611ea905ade5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).