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type: "Bill"
title: "Wage theft: grand theft."
description: "Existing law regulates the payment of wages and benefits in the state. Existing law makes violation of specified wage and gratuity provisions a misdemeanor and provides for civil penalties and remedies for the recovery of wages."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "AB 1003"
citation: "California AB 1003 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wage theft: grand theft."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lorena Gonzalez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 27
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-18"
last_action: "2021-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d65042f-2130-453c-be7f-5c769d9510c3"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003"
source_hash: "3aafe241b8221d3a76e03c194e8f346f33cf82adb03fcb74930b41c4b3454455"
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 1003 (20212022) — Wage theft: grand theft.
Existing law regulates the payment of wages and benefits in the state. Existing law makes violation of specified wage and gratuity provisions a misdemeanor and provides for civil penalties and remedies for the recovery of wages.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **02/18/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003&version=20210AB100399INT)
2. **04/22/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003&version=20210AB100398AMD)
3. **05/04/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003&version=20210AB100397AMD)
4. **08/26/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003&version=20210AB100396AMD)
5. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003&version=20210AB100394CHP)
6. **AB1003** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003)
7. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB1003&version=20210AB100395ENR)
## Votes
- Placed on suspense file — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **160** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **50** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended — **70** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **80** (pass) · lower
- AB 1003 Lorena Gonzalez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **780** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent AB1003 — **380** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Labor, Public Employment and Retirement ] — **50** (pass) · upper
- AB 1003 Lorena Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — **780** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Lorena Gonzalez — primary (person)
- Lee — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-18** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2021-02-19** From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
- **2021-03-04** Referred to Com. on PUB. S. `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 20). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-22** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** 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-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-05** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-12** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1612.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-28** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2021-06-09** Referred to Coms. on PUB. S. and L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-30** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L., P.E. & R. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 1721.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-08-16** In committee: Referred to suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 26). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage`
- **2021-08-26** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 2490.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-08** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
- **2021-09-09** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 3011.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 325, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0d65042f-2130-453c-be7f-5c769d9510c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).