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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Retail grocery stores and retail drug stores: acquisition: notice to Attorney General."
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description: "Existing law, upon change in control of a grocery establishment, establishes a transitional period of employment for eligible grocery workers, as specified."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20232024"
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identifier: "AB 853"
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citation: "California AB 853 (20232024)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Retail grocery stores and retail drug stores", "acquisition", "notice to Attorney General"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Maienschein"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 32
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2023-02-14"
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last_action: "2023-10-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9023974d-f9ae-4368-adf9-0704a41ef075"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853"
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source_hash: "e13887e229aa1844ce6054d315cd110ea05f26bbec85501459803aba0504bf65"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California AB 853 (20232024) — Retail grocery stores and retail drug stores: acquisition: notice to Attorney General.
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Existing law, upon change in control of a grocery establishment, establishes a transitional period of employment for eligible grocery workers, as specified.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/14/23 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853&version=20230AB85399INT)
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2. **03/15/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853&version=20230AB85398AMD)
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3. **03/29/23 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853&version=20230AB85397AMD)
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4. **07/03/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853&version=20230AB85396AMD)
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5. **07/13/23 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853&version=20230AB85395AMD)
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6. **10/08/23 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853&version=20230AB85393CHP)
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7. **AB853** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853)
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8. **09/11/23 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB853&version=20230AB85394ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **10–1** (pass) · upper
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- 3rd Reading AB853 Maienschein By Becker — **33–7** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- AB 853 Maienschein Assembly Third Reading — **62–16** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB853 Maienschein By Becker — **32–8** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass. — **11–4** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading AB853 Maienschein By Becker Motion To Reconsider — **40–0** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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- AB 853 Maienschein Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **60–14** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Maienschein — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-14** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
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- **2023-02-15** From printer. May be heard in committee March 17.
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-15** 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`
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- **2023-03-16** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-28** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (March 28). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Read second time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-03-30** Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-26** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
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- **2023-05-03** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 4.) (May 18). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-05-30** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 62. Noes 16. Page 1877.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-05-31** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
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- **2023-06-07** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-06-26** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2023-07-03** 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`
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- **2023-07-12** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 1.) (July 11). `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2023-07-13** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2023-08-14** In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file. `referral-committee`
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- **2023-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 8. Page 2424.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-06** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2415.)
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- **2023-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 7. Page 2423.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2023-09-06** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 8 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
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- **2023-09-07** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3011.)
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- **2023-09-07** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 60. Noes 14. Page 3073.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
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- **2023-10-08** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-10-08** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 457, Statutes of 2023. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9023974d-f9ae-4368-adf9-0704a41ef075`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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