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Bill	Warehouse distribution centers.	(1) Existing law relating to employment regulation and supervision imposes special provisions on certain occupations and industries. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement with the enforcement of labor laws.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20212022	AB 701	California AB 701 (20212022)	bill	Warehouse distribution centers.	enacted	Lorena Gonzalez	10	31	9	2021-02-16	2021-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/ed42e81c-931f-4f76-9683-b7f760090e1b	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220AB701	3f4ef1b29aadccddd8669e1e8fa19c11d5d07e79f25f4e9bb57eb1cd95c4ab50	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 701 (20212022) — Warehouse distribution centers.

(1) Existing law relating to employment regulation and supervision imposes special provisions on certain occupations and industries. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner and the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement with the enforcement of labor laws.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/21 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/12/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/17/21 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/07/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/15/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 08/26/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/03/21 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/22/21 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
9. AB701 (committee substitute) — source
10. 09/13/21 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB701 Lorena Gonzalez et a By Becker — 26–11 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 12–4 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 701 Lorena Gonzalez Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 52–19 (pass) · lower
• AB 701 Lorena Gonzalez Assembly Third Reading — 52–19 (pass) · lower
• Do pass as amended — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lorena Gonzalez — primary (person)
• Carrillo — coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)
• Santiago — coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2021-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
• 2021-02-25 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2021-04-12 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
• 2021-04-13 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2021-04-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2021-05-17 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
• 2021-05-18 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
• 2021-05-28 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 19. Page 1687.) 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 L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2021-07-06 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (July 5). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-07 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2021-07-14 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 13). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-07-15 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, 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 5. Noes 2.) (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 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2021-09-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2021-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 26. Noes 11. Page 2505.). 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 52. Noes 19. Page 3032.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2021-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 197, Statutes of 2021. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ed42e81c-931f-4f76-9683-b7f760090e1b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).