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Bill	Worker classification: commercial fishing industry.	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	20212022	AB 2955	California AB 2955 (20212022)	bill	Worker classification: commercial fishing industry.	enacted	Committee on Labor and Employment	6	23	7	2022-02-24	2022-09-19	openstates	ocd-bill/f0b8c834-774a-4ef8-9b96-365e73b7ceaf	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB2955	4c16cafe5002ef22a8433cf1b0f6943d25201188f9605c1b6b429ca9b3eb0d68	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2955 (20212022) — Worker classification: commercial fishing industry.

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. 02/24/22 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/17/22 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 06/15/22 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/19/22 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
5. AB2955 (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/01/22 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2955 L. & E. (Kalra) By Cortese — 38–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2955 L. & E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — 79–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 2955 L. & E. Consent Calendar Second Day — 72–0 (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 [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 16–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Committee on Labor and Employment — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-02-24 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2022-02-25 From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
• 2022-03-17 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2022-03-17 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
• 2022-03-21 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2022-04-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 20). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-05-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 11). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-05-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-05-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 72. Noes 0. Page 4741.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-05-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2022-06-01 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2022-06-15 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2022-06-29 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2022-08-01 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2022-08-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2022-08-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4904.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2022-08-18 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 20 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2022-08-22 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2022-08-29 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage
• 2022-08-30 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-09-09 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2022-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 443, Statutes of 2022. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f0b8c834-774a-4ef8-9b96-365e73b7ceaf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).