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type: "Bill"
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title: "Minimum wages: persons with disabilities."
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description: "(1) Existing law establishes a minimum wage for all industries and makes it a crime to pay an employee less than the minimum wage fixed by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law, however, permits the commission to issue an employee who is mentally or physically disabled, or both, a special license authorizing the employment of the licensee for a period not to exceed one year from date of issue, at a wage less than the minimum wage. Existing law requires the commission to fix a special minimum wage for the licensee, which may be renewed on a yearly basis."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
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legislature: "California Legislature"
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session: "20212022"
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identifier: "SB 639"
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citation: "California SB 639 (20212022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Minimum wages: persons with disabilities."]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
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version_count: 8
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action_count: 36
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2021-02-19"
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last_action: "2021-09-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fa49b3a6-3f3b-4a32-b368-a5dde169004e"
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source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639"
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source_hash: "ffefd7a0d1ca24a424d02f562da08904364d0fd702cdf26e3b82432b92e52a4e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
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---
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# California SB 639 (20212022) — Minimum wages: persons with disabilities.
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(1) Existing law establishes a minimum wage for all industries and makes it a crime to pay an employee less than the minimum wage fixed by the Industrial Welfare Commission. Existing law, however, permits the commission to issue an employee who is mentally or physically disabled, or both, a special license authorizing the employment of the licensee for a period not to exceed one year from date of issue, at a wage less than the minimum wage. Existing law requires the commission to fix a special minimum wage for the licensee, which may be renewed on a yearly basis.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **02/19/21 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639&version=20210SB63999INT)
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2. **04/22/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639&version=20210SB63998AMD)
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3. **05/20/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639&version=20210SB63997AMD)
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4. **07/05/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639&version=20210SB63996AMD)
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5. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639&version=20210SB63995AMD)
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6. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639&version=20210SB63993CHP)
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7. **SB639** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639)
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8. **09/13/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB639&version=20210SB63994ENR)
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## Votes
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- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–1** (pass) · lower
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- 3rd Reading SB639 Durazo et al. — **31–3** (pass) · upper
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- Unfinished Business SB639 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **29–3** (pass) · upper
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- Placed on suspense file — **6–0** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended. — **12–3** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Human Services] — **5–1** (pass) · lower
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- SB 639 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Lorena Gonzalez — **45–13** (pass) · lower
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- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
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- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Durazo — primary (person)
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- Bryan — coauthor (person)
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- Cristina Garcia — coauthor (person)
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- Kamlager — coauthor (person)
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- Lorena Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 24.
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- **2021-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
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- **2021-02-22** Art. IV. Sec. 8(a) of the Constitution dispensed with.
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- **2021-02-22** (Ayes 32. Noes 4.)
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- **2021-02-22** Joint Rule 55 suspended. (Ayes 32. Noes 4. Page 272.)
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- **2021-03-03** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and HUMAN S. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-10** Set for hearing March 22.
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- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUMAN S. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 574.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on HUMAN S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-26** Set for hearing April 6.
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- **2021-04-05** April 6 set for first hearing canceled at the request of author.
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- **2021-04-06** Set for hearing April 20.
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- **2021-04-21** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 858.) (April 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-04-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-27** Set for hearing May 3.
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- **2021-05-04** May 3 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
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- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
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- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1199.) (May 20). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-20** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-06-01** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 3. Page 1326.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
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- **2021-06-10** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
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- **2021-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HUM. S. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on HUM. S. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
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- **2021-07-01** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (June 30). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-07-05** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
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- **2021-08-19** August 19 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
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- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 3.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
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- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 45. Noes 13. Page 2942.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
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- **2021-09-08** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
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- **2021-09-09** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 29. Noes 3. Page 2587.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
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- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 339, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fa49b3a6-3f3b-4a32-b368-a5dde169004e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).
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