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Bill	Labor Code: alternative enforcement.	(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, administered by the Director of Industrial Relations, and vests it with various powers and duties to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law establishes within the department, among other entities, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Division of Workers' Compensation, and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, with enforcement duties and powers, as prescribed.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	AB 594	California AB 594 (20232024)	bill	Labor Code alternative enforcement	enacted	Maienschein	8	31	10	2023-02-09	2023-10-10	openstates	ocd-bill/26fac9c4-b643-450e-9f65-48d458f3964a	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB594	c8c056714153c03aee1b5de73d54dfcbf101c43441bc71c1d3356c730e73bbb5	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 594 (20232024) — Labor Code: alternative enforcement.

(1) Existing law establishes the Department of Industrial Relations in the Labor and Workforce Development Agency, administered by the Director of Industrial Relations, and vests it with various powers and duties to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. Existing law establishes within the department, among other entities, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, the Division of Workers' Compensation, and the Division of Occupational Safety and Health, with enforcement duties and powers, as prescribed.

Version chain

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

1. 02/09/23 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/16/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/13/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
4. 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/08/23 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/10/23 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB594 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/18/23 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• 3rd Reading AB594 Maienschein et al. By Cortese — 30–8 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–2 (pass) · upper
• AB 594 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 54–18 (pass) · lower
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 11–4 (pass) · lower
• AB 594 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — 52–17 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Maienschein — primary (person)
• Kalra — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-02-09 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2023-02-10 From printer. May be heard in committee March 12.
• 2023-03-16 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-03-16 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
• 2023-03-20 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-04-13 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
• 2023-04-17 Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-04-18 Coauthors revised.
• 2023-04-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-05-03 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2023-05-10 In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-05-18 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage
• 2023-05-18 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-05-25 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 1804.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-05-26 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2023-06-07 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2023-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-07-12 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2023-08-14 In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. referral-committee
• 2023-09-01 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-08 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2023-09-12 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 30. Noes 8. Page 2647.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2023-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2023-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 54. Noes 18. Page 3402.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2023-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2023-10-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2023-10-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 659, Statutes of 2023. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/26fac9c4-b643-450e-9f65-48d458f3964a. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).