Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.
(1) Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes.
California SB 809 (20252026) — Employees and independent contractors: construction trucking.
(1) Existing law, as established in the case of Dynamex Operations W. v. Superior Court (2018) 4 Cal.5th 903 (Dynamex) , creates a presumption that a worker who performs services for a hirer is an employee for purposes of claims for wages and benefits arising under wage orders issued by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law requires a 3-part test, commonly known as the "ABC" test, to determine if workers are employees or independent contractors for those purposes.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 809 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Ramos — 63–12 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 4–1 (pass) · upper
Unfinished Business SB809 Durazo et al. Concurrence — 29–8 (pass) · upper
Placed on suspense file — 5–0 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 9–3 (pass) · lower
Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 12–1 (pass) · upper
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 6–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading — 28–10 (pass) · upper
Do pass as amended — 5–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Durazo — primary (person)
Kalra — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2025-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
2025-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2025-03-12 Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-03-26 Set for hearing April 9.
2025-03-28 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
2025-04-09 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 739.) (April 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-04-09 Set for hearing April 22.
2025-04-23 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 12. Noes 1. Page 838.) (April 22). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-24 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-04-29 Set for hearing May 5.
2025-04-29 May 5 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
2025-05-02 Set for hearing May 12.
2025-05-06 May 12 hearing postponed by committee.
2025-05-09 Set for hearing May 19.
2025-05-19 May 19 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-05-20 Set for hearing May 23.
2025-05-23 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 1. Page 1214.) (May 23). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-23 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-05-29 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 28. Noes 10. Page 1339.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-05-29 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2025-06-05 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2025-07-10 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-07-10 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee
2025-07-16 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 3.) (July 15). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee
2025-08-20 August 20 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2025-08-29 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 3.) (August 29). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-02 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-03 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2025-09-12 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 12. Page 3405.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-1, reading-3
2025-09-12 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2025-09-13 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 8. Page 3028.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable
2025-09-23 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2 p.m.
2025-10-11 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 659, Statutes of 2025. became-law
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c5cfdc68-e7a2-411e-8533-cc863370ac3e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).