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Bill	Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004.	Existing law, the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) , authorizes an aggrieved employee, as defined, to bring a civil action, on behalf of that employee and other current or former employees, to enforce a violation of any provision of the Labor Code that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or any of its departments, divisions, commissions, boards, agencies, or employees pursuant to certain notice and cure provisions, as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 2288	California AB 2288 (20232024)	bill	Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004	enacted	Kalra	7	29	8	2024-02-08	2024-07-01	openstates	ocd-bill/ca509933-730e-45fc-8de2-8c71127c1fdc	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB2288	d6f31ecd9e4a2b9ccfe48e0e34535b5b87a7b037b8368d6eb66f611ee0b6cae7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 2288 (20232024) — Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004.

Existing law, the Labor Code Private Attorneys General Act of 2004 (PAGA) , authorizes an aggrieved employee, as defined, to bring a civil action, on behalf of that employee and other current or former employees, to enforce a violation of any provision of the Labor Code that provides for a civil penalty to be assessed and collected by the Labor and Workforce Development Agency or any of its departments, divisions, commissions, boards, agencies, or employees pursuant to certain notice and cure provisions, as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/08/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 02/28/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/09/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 06/21/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 07/01/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB2288 (committee substitute) — source
7. 06/27/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB2288 Kalra et al. By Umberg Urgency Clause — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 2288 Kalra Assembly Third Reading — 44–21 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 7–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 11–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 10–3 (pass) · lower
• AB 2288 KALRA Concurrence - Urgency Added — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Kalra — primary (person)
• Addis — principal coauthor (person)
• Aguiar-Curry — principal coauthor (person)
• Archuleta — coauthor (person)
• Ashby — coauthor (person)
• Atkins — coauthor (person)
• Becker — coauthor (person)
• Bennett — principal coauthor (person)
• Berman — principal coauthor (person)
• Bonta — principal coauthor (person)
• Caballero — coauthor (person)
• Calderon — principal coauthor (person)
• Cortese — coauthor (person)
• Dodd — coauthor (person)
• Durazo — coauthor (person)
• Friedman — principal coauthor (person)
• Grayson — principal coauthor (person)
• Grove — coauthor (person)
• Hart — principal coauthor (person)
• Holden — principal coauthor (person)
• Irwin — principal coauthor (person)
• Laird — coauthor (person)
• Luz Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
• McGuire — principal coauthor (person)
• Menjivar — coauthor (person)
• Mike Fong — principal coauthor (person)
• Min — coauthor (person)
• Muratsuchi — principal coauthor (person)
• Newman — coauthor (person)
• Ortega — principal coauthor (person)
• Pacheco — principal coauthor (person)
• Pellerin — principal coauthor (person)
• Portantino — coauthor (person)
• Quirk-Silva — principal coauthor (person)
• Rendon — principal coauthor (person)
• Robert Rivas — principal coauthor (person)
• Rodriguez — principal coauthor (person)
• Roth — coauthor (person)
• Rubio — coauthor (person)
• Stephanie Nguyen — principal coauthor (person)
• Stern — coauthor (person)
• Umberg — principal coauthor (person)
• Villapudua — principal coauthor (person)
• Wahab — coauthor (person)
• Weber — principal coauthor (person)
• Wendy Carrillo — principal coauthor (person)
• Wicks — principal coauthor (person)
• Wilson — principal coauthor (person)
• Zbur — principal coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-08 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-09 From printer. May be heard in committee March 10.
• 2024-02-26 Referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-02-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-02-29 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Coauthors revised.
• 2024-04-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (May 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 5147.) amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 44. Noes 21. Page 5193.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-13 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-22 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-05-29 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2024-06-19 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-20 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2024-06-21 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-06-24 Joint Rule 62(a) suspended. (Ayes 30. Noes 6. Page 4666.)
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 11. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-06-27 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-06-27 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 29 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-06-27 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 2288.)
• 2024-06-27 Assembly Rule 63 suspended.
• 2024-06-27 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6084.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-06-27 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
• 2024-07-01 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-07-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 44, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/ca509933-730e-45fc-8de2-8c71127c1fdc. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).