republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-1844.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employer use of social media."
description: "Existing law generally regulates the conduct of employers in the state."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 1844"
citation: "California AB 1844 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employer use of social media."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campos"]
version_count: 11
action_count: 34
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2012-02-22"
last_action: "2012-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55bfe1d1-f609-4dd0-adf4-35a733b580d6"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844"
source_hash: "719e3d0181d627cc430df415b72399485cda05b187b56dcbcb13188c4766b2c4"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 1844 (20112012) — Employer use of social media.

Existing law generally regulates the conduct of employers in the state.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184499INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184498AMD)
3. **04/17/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184497AMD)
4. **04/26/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184496AMD)
5. **06/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184495AMD)
6. **07/02/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184494AMD)
7. **08/20/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184493AMD)
8. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184492AMD)
9. **09/27/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184490CHP)
10. **AB1844** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844)
11. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB1844&version=20110AB184491ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass as amended. — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 1844 CAMPOS Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **80–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1844 Campos By Padilla Reconsider — **38–0** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB1844 Campos By Padilla — **29–5** (pass) · upper
- Amend, and do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **10–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB1844 Campos By Padilla — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 1844 CAMPOS Assembly Third Reading — **73–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campos — primary (person)
- Alejo — coauthor (person)
- Allen — coauthor (person)
- Gordon — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Lara — coauthor (person)
- Perea — coauthor (person)
- Portantino — coauthor (person)
- Roger Hernández — coauthor (person)
- Wagner — coauthor (person)
- Wieckowski — coauthor (person)
- Yamada — coauthor (person)
- Yee — principal coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-22** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2012-02-23** From printer. May be heard in committee March 24.
- **2012-03-05** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-17** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on JUD. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-18** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-25** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (April 24). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-04-26** Read second time and amended. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-30** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2012-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-07** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4779.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-05-10** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2012-05-24** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-04** In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
- **2012-06-20** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-28** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 27). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-07-02** Read second time and amended. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4578.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-20** Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
- **2012-08-20** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4578.)
- **2012-08-20** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-21** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-22** Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-08-23** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-28** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 5. Page 4886.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-28** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-29** Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 6488.)
- **2012-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6542.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 618, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55bfe1d1-f609-4dd0-adf4-35a733b580d6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).