republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-224.md

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Bill	Worker status: employees and independent contractors: newspaper distributors and carriers.	Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 224	California AB 224 (20232024)	bill	Worker status employees and independent contractors newspaper distributors and carriers	enacted	Blanca Rubio	5	35	9	2023-01-10	2024-09-20	openstates	ocd-bill/0cf575a2-81dc-477b-b0a8-9e659b046261	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB224	370f589b3fe1cb1c25060aca7aecd31801ea17cff4865c0296a2e3d6a360e2c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 224 (20232024) — Worker status: employees and independent contractors: newspaper distributors and carriers.

Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. Inc. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 01/10/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 08/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 09/20/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
4. AB224 (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/05/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 22–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB224 Blanca Rubio et al. By Umberg — 40–0 (pass) · upper
• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 224 Blanca Rubio Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 14–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 224 Aguiar-Curry Consent Calendar Second Day — 74–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Blanca Rubio — primary (person)
• Umberg — author (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-01-11 From printer. May be heard in committee February 10.
• 2023-02-02 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 22. Noes 0.) (March 8). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-08 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 1477.)
• 2023-05-10 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 10). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-18 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 1593.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-18 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-05-31 Referred to Com. on G.O. referral-committee
• 2023-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2023-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-08-17 From Consent Calendar.
• 2023-08-17 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McGuire.
• 2024-08-20 From inactive file.
• 2024-08-20 Ordered to second reading.
• 2024-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-21 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-22 Re-referred to Com. on RLS pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
• 2024-08-22 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2024-08-26 Joint Rules 61 and 62 suspended.
• 2024-08-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (August 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-28 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 28). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-30 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2024-08-30 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2024-08-30 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended.
• 2024-08-30 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (August 30). committee-passage
• 2024-08-31 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 70. Noes 0.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-20 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-20 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 298, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0cf575a2-81dc-477b-b0a8-9e659b046261. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).