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Bill	Food facilities and employment.	Existing law prescribes various protections for employees and generally charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws. Existing law establishes the powers and responsibilities of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement, which are within the Department of Industrial Relations.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 257	California AB 257 (20212022)	bill	Food facilities and employment.	enacted	Holden	10	46	13	2021-01-15	2022-09-05	openstates	ocd-bill/449cee8e-1692-484b-8375-89ed21aedaa4	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB257	4c447b738c64f7c123186dd70ade971234fbbd1d3ca6d0c7b96a29b9abce14b9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 257 (20212022) — Food facilities and employment.

Existing law prescribes various protections for employees and generally charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws. Existing law establishes the powers and responsibilities of the Division of Occupational Safety and Health and the Division of Labor Standards and Enforcement, which are within the Department of Industrial Relations.

Version chain

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

1. 01/15/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 01/20/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 01/27/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 03/25/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 04/28/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 06/16/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/25/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/05/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB257 (committee substitute) — source
10. 08/30/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 257 Holden Assembly Third Reading Amendment Set #1 — 44–16 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 257 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 47–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB257 Holden et al. By Durazo — 21–12 (pass) · upper
• AB 257 Assembly Third Reading By HOLDEN Amendment Set #1 — 43–13 (pass) · lower
• AB 257 Holden Assembly Third Reading — 41–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 257 Lorena Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — 38–27 (fail) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 3–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–3 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holden — primary (person)
• Carrillo — author (person)
• Gipson — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Low — author (person)
• Luz Rivas — author (person)
• McCarty — coauthor (person)
• Mia Bonta — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Wiener — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-01-16 From printer. May be heard in committee February 15.
• 2021-03-25 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-03-25 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-03-26 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2021-04-19 Assembly Rule 56 suspended. (Page 1059.)
• 2021-04-19 (pending re-refer to Com. on JUD.)
• 2021-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-04-27 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 3.) (April 27). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-04-28 Read second time and amended. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-04-29 Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee
• 2021-05-19 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2021-05-20 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1460.)
• 2021-05-20 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 20). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-05-24 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-06-03 Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 38. Noes 27. Page 1909.). failure, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-06-03 Motion to reconsider made by Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez.
• 2021-06-28 Reconsideration granted. (Page 2124.)
• 2021-06-28 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Assembly Member Lorena Gonzalez.
• 2022-01-20 Assembly Rule 47.1 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 15. Page 3342.)
• 2022-01-20 Assembly Rule 78 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 15. Page 3342.)
• 2022-01-20 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 48. Noes 15. Page 3342.)
• 2022-01-20 From inactive file.
• 2022-01-20 Ordered to third reading.
• 2022-01-20 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 43. Noes 13. Page 3346.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-01-27 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Ayes 44. Noes 16. Page 3397.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-01-31 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 41. Noes 21. Page 3423.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-02-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-05-04 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2022-05-27 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-06-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2022-06-15 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 2.) (June 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2022-06-16 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-02 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-08-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-25 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 12. Page 5185.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-29 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 31 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-29 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
• 2022-08-29 Assembly Rule 77 suspended.
• 2022-08-29 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 19.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2022-09-05 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-05 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 246, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/449cee8e-1692-484b-8375-89ed21aedaa4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).