Existing law establishes within the Department of Industrial Relations the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the division to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. Existing law prescribes comprehensive requirements relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, and standards for working conditions for the protection of employees applicable to an employment relationship.
California SB 1044 (20212022) — Employers: emergency condition: retaliation.
Existing law establishes within the Department of Industrial Relations the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, under the direction of the Labor Commissioner. Existing law authorizes the division to enforce the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state the enforcement of which is not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. Existing law prescribes comprehensive requirements relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, and standards for working conditions for the protection of employees applicable to an employment relationship.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2022-02-15 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2022-02-15 Article IV Section 8(a) of the Constitution and Joint Rule 55 dispensed with February 7, 2022, suspending the 30 calendar day requirement.
2022-02-16 From printer.
2022-02-23 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2022-03-11 Set for hearing March 21.
2022-03-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-22 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 3168.) (March 21). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-03-23 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-03-25 Set for hearing April 4.
2022-04-04 April 4 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
2022-05-13 Set for hearing May 19.
2022-05-19 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3781.) (May 19). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-05-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-23 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-05-25 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 10. Page 3912.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-05-26 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2022-06-09 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and E.M. referral-committee
2022-06-13 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-06-22 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on E.M. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on E.M. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2022-06-28 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 27). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-06-29 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2022-08-03 August 3 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
2022-08-11 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 11). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-15 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2022-08-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 18. Page 6040.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2022-08-22 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2022-08-24 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 10. Page 5082.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2022-08-30 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
2022-09-29 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2022-09-29 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 829, Statutes of 2022. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ee77145f-6799-41ec-87c0-c0e9c5779079. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).