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Bill	Freelance Worker Protection Act.	Existing law generally regulates employment and, with certain exceptions, requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20232024	SB 988	California SB 988 (20232024)	bill	Freelance Worker Protection Act	enacted	Wiener	7	29	10	2024-01-30	2024-09-28	openstates	ocd-bill/45c5c781-c41c-475f-813d-ae2a397955da	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240SB988	c2a062de6dee9b775a2cbdbf8474efb8385191f4146a8b2d48f21840c60999c3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 988 (20232024) — Freelance Worker Protection Act.

Existing law generally regulates employment and, with certain exceptions, requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for purposes of the Labor Code, the Unemployment Insurance Code, and the wage orders of the Industrial Welfare Commission.

Version chain

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

1. 01/30/24 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 04/01/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 04/18/24 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/19/24 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 09/28/24 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. SB988 (committee substitute) — source
7. 08/30/24 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 10–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 5–2 (pass) · upper
• Unfinished Business SB988 Wiener Concurrence — 34–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 988 Wiener Senate Third Reading By Lee — 70–0 (pass) · lower
• Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 33–3 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended. — 12–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Wiener — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-30 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2024-01-31 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 1.
• 2024-02-14 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-03-26 Set for hearing April 10.
• 2024-04-01 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-03 Set for hearing April 16 in JUD. pending receipt.
• 2024-04-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 3562.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-04-17 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 0. Page 3634.) (April 16). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-04-18 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
• 2024-04-23 Set for hearing April 29.
• 2024-04-29 April 29 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
• 2024-05-10 Set for hearing May 16.
• 2024-05-16 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 3967.) (May 16). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-05-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-05-20 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 33. Noes 3. Page 4023.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-05-21 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2024-05-28 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2024-06-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-06-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2024-08-07 August 7 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
• 2024-08-15 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 0.) (August 15). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-08-19 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-20 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2024-08-26 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 70. Noes 0. Page 6550.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2024-08-26 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2024-08-28 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 34. Noes 3. Page 5560.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
• 2024-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 870, Statutes of 2024. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/45c5c781-c41c-475f-813d-ae2a397955da. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).