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Bill	Worker classification: employees and independent contractors: occupations: professional services.	Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission. Under the ABC test, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business, and the person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws, including worker classification.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20192020	AB 2257	California AB 2257 (20192020)	bill	Worker classification: employees and independent contractors: occupations: professional services.	enacted	Gonzalez	10	29	8	2020-02-13	2020-09-04	openstates	ocd-bill/e81b0bd8-405d-4f99-a61f-20351a36acbc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2257	d94ddcbb8afed83a7a9cf5cbec9e56b4bad192407cedf3bce9a7a8a71f6d4a22	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2257 (20192020) — Worker classification: employees and independent contractors: occupations: professional services.

Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission. Under the ABC test, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business, and the person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws, including worker classification.

Version chain

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

1. 02/13/20 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 05/04/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/06/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/04/20 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/07/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/20/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/20 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/04/20 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB2257 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/01/20 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2257 Gonzalez et al. By Jackson Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2257 Gonzalez Concurrence - Urgency Added — 74–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended. — 18–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2257 Gonzalez Third Reading Urgency — 77–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
• Smith — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-02-13 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2020-02-14 From printer. May be heard in committee March 15.
• 2020-04-24 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2020-05-04 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-05-05 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2020-05-06 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-05-07 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2020-05-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-06-02 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-06-03 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 18. Noes 0.) (June 3). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-06-04 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-06-11 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 4831.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-06-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2020-07-01 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2020-08-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 5). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2020-08-17 In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2020-08-20 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 20). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2020-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2020-08-31 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-3, reading-1
• 2020-08-31 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2020-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 5495.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:15 p.m.
• 2020-09-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-09-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 38, Statutes of 2020.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e81b0bd8-405d-4f99-a61f-20351a36acbc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).