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Bill	Worker classification: employees and independent contractors: licensed manicurists: commercial fishers.	Existing law 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. Under the ABC test, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business, and the person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws, including worker classification.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20252026	AB 1514	California AB 1514 (20252026)	bill	Workerclassification commercialfishers employeesandindependentcontractors licensedmanicurists	enacted	Committee on Labor and Employment	7	26	8	2025-03-10	2025-10-03	openstates	ocd-bill/b11378ca-f36f-4977-9fa5-53527daaa158	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB1514	1cc16735aba51c99a5ddbfabb258dd8291a884294e1dfe5f38f5e2abcc4218dc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1514 (20252026) — Worker classification: employees and independent contractors: licensed manicurists: commercial fishers.

Existing law 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. Under the ABC test, a person providing labor or services for remuneration is considered an employee rather than an independent contractor unless the hiring entity demonstrates that the person is free from the control and direction of the hiring entity in connection with the performance of the work, the person performs work that is outside the usual course of the hiring entity's business, and the person is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation, or business. Existing law charges the Labor Commissioner with the enforcement of labor laws, including worker classification.

Version chain

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

1. 03/10/25 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/23/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/02/25 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/03/25 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB1514 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/12/25 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 6–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1514 L. & E. (Ortega) By Smallwood-Cuevas — 39–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1514 L. & E. Concurrence in Senate Amendments By ORTEGA — 77–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 7–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 1514 Labor and Employment Consent Calendar Second Day — 76–0 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 5–0 (pass) · upper
• Placed on suspense file — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Committee on Labor and Employment — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-03-10 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2025-03-11 From printer. May be heard in committee April 10.
• 2025-03-17 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2025-04-24 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 23). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-28 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-05-01 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 76. Noes 0. Page 1388.) passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-05-01 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2025-05-14 Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
• 2025-06-23 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
• 2025-07-02 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
• 2025-07-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
• 2025-08-18 In committee: Referred to suspense file. referral-committee
• 2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 29). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-08-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-02 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
• 2025-09-08 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 2592.). passage, reading-1, reading-3
• 2025-09-08 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending.
• 2025-09-09 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2025-09-09 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3061.)
• 2025-09-10 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (September 10). committee-passage
• 2025-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Page 3254.)
• 2025-09-10 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 77. Noes 0. Page 3254.). amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-09-22 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
• 2025-10-03 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-10-03 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 305, Statutes of 2025. became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b11378ca-f36f-4977-9fa5-53527daaa158. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).