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Bill	Employers: social compliance audit.	Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations and authorizes the division to enforce the provisions of the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state which are not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. Existing law regulates the wages, hours, and working conditions of any man, woman, and minor employed in any occupation, trade, or industry, whether compensation is measured by time, piece, or otherwise, except as specified.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 3234	California AB 3234 (20232024)	bill	Employers social compliance audit	enacted	Ortega	8	25	6	2024-02-16	2024-09-22	openstates	ocd-bill/abe06644-e593-402d-a90c-4b33777178ea	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3234	32d68bb8d36a2db0f830cfaf64d9843016a88efbd7b617378bd5065e98e31259	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 3234 (20232024) — Employers: social compliance audit.

Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement within the Department of Industrial Relations and authorizes the division to enforce the provisions of the Labor Code and all labor laws of the state which are not specifically vested in any other officer, board, or commission. Existing law regulates the wages, hours, and working conditions of any man, woman, and minor employed in any occupation, trade, or industry, whether compensation is measured by time, piece, or otherwise, except as specified.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/28/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/06/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/14/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/22/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB3234 (committee substitute) — source
8. 08/28/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading AB3234 Ortega By Cortese — 36–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 3234 Ortega Concurrence in Senate Amendments By KALRA — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 14–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 3234 Ortega Consent Calendar Second Day — 65–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 7–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ortega — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-02-16 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2024-02-17 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
• 2024-03-11 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2024-04-01 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
• 2024-04-02 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2024-04-04 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-05-01 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (May 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-02 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-09 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 65. Noes 0. Page 5162.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-09 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2024-05-22 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2024-05-28 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
• 2024-06-05 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
• 2024-06-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-06 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-07 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-14 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-15 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 5241.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-20 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2024-08-26 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 6563.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-03 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3:30 p.m.
• 2024-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 438, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/abe06644-e593-402d-a90c-4b33777178ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).