republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/ab-2271.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Franchise Tax Board: seasonal clerks."
description: "Under existing law, if an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately, as specified. Existing law also provides that, unless otherwise provided for by a collective bargaining agreement, if an employment contract or policy provides for paid vacations, and an employee is terminated, the employer must pay the employee for the employee's unused vested vacation time, as specified."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 2271"
citation: "California AB 2271 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Franchise Tax Board: seasonal clerks."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Perea"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2012-02-24"
last_action: "2012-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4a87f6d3-7db3-44e8-a0df-170684b4076c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271"
source_hash: "1eb7347dc0a60e1f4f0c85407fb321e201098cca716e69cc9b6111552913dc10"
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 2271 (20112012) — Franchise Tax Board: seasonal clerks.

Under existing law, if an employer discharges an employee, the wages earned and unpaid at the time of discharge are due and payable immediately, as specified. Existing law also provides that, unless otherwise provided for by a collective bargaining agreement, if an employment contract or policy provides for paid vacations, and an employee is terminated, the employer must pay the employee for the employee's unused vested vacation time, as specified.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/24/12 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271&version=20110AB227199INT)
2. **03/29/12 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271&version=20110AB227198AMD)
3. **06/12/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271&version=20110AB227197AMD)
4. **08/22/12 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271&version=20110AB227196AMD)
5. **09/23/12 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271&version=20110AB227194CHP)
6. **AB2271** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271)
7. **09/11/12 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB2271&version=20110AB227195ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB2271 Perea By Negrete McLeod — **34–4** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2271 Perea By Negrete McLeod — **29–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and re-refer to Committee on Appropriations with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · upper
- amendments be concurred in. — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — **17–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2271 PEREA Consent Calendar Second Day — **73–0** (pass) · lower
- AB 2271 PEREA Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **56–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Perea — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2012-02-24** Introduced. To print. `introduction`
- **2012-02-26** From printer. May be heard in committee March 27.
- **2012-02-27** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2012-03-29** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-03-29** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2012-04-09** Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2012-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: to consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 23). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-02** From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 17. Noes 0.) (May 2). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-05-03** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-05-10** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 73. Noes 0. Page 4786.) `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 GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-12** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `reading-2, amendment-introduction, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2012-06-13** Withdrawn from committee.
- **2012-06-13** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-14** Re-referred to Com. on P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2012-06-26** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-07** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (August 6). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2012-08-08** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2012-08-13** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 4483.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2012-08-13** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 15 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2012-08-16** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-21** Action rescinded whereby the bill was re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to the unfinished business file.
- **2012-08-21** Ordered to the Senate.
- **2012-08-21** In Senate. Held at Desk.
- **2012-08-22** Action rescinded whereby the bill was read third time, passed, and to Assembly. `reading-3, passage`
- **2012-08-22** Ordered to third reading.
- **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`
- **2012-08-27** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 4872.). `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** Re-referred to Com. on P.E.,R. & S.S. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. `referral-committee`
- **2012-08-29** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6554.)
- **2012-08-30** From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (August 30). `committee-passage`
- **2012-08-30** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 56. Noes 22. Page 6702.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2012-09-12** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:40 p.m.
- **2012-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2012-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 482, Statutes of 2012.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4a87f6d3-7db3-44e8-a0df-170684b4076c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).