republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20232024/ab-3105.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: wages and hours: exemption for faculty at private institutions of higher education."
description: "Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. Existing law exempts an employee from certain provisions governing wages, hours, and other protections if the employee meets certain requirements, including being employed to provide instruction for a course or laboratory at an independent institution of higher education, as defined."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20232024"
identifier: "AB 3105"
citation: "California AB 3105 (20232024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment", "exemption for faculty at private institutions of higher education", "wages and hours"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flora"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 22
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-02-16"
last_action: "2024-07-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/22422e58-0122-4a29-ba20-5953e4b7793a"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3105"
source_hash: "73807b77ac13bb57327c2d761f6e2b340ecd0ab18e7d1c48dbb7a234d4e5d356"
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 3105 (20232024) — Employment: wages and hours: exemption for faculty at private institutions of higher education.

Existing law establishes the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement, headed by the Labor Commissioner, within the Department of Industrial Relations, for the purpose of enforcing labor laws. Existing law exempts an employee from certain provisions governing wages, hours, and other protections if the employee meets certain requirements, including being employed to provide instruction for a course or laboratory at an independent institution of higher education, as defined.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/24 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3105&version=20230AB310599INT)
2. **03/11/24 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3105&version=20230AB310598AMD)
3. **05/28/24 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3105&version=20230AB310597AMD)
4. **07/18/24 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3105&version=20230AB310595CHP)
5. **AB3105** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3105)
6. **07/01/24 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202320240AB3105&version=20230AB310596ENR)

## Votes

- Consent Calendar 2nd — **36–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3105 Flora Consent Calendar Second Day — **75–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **15–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — **5–0** (pass) · upper
- AB 3105 Flora Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **74–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flora — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2024-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
- **2024-03-11** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-03-12** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-04** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-17** From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-04-25** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 75. Noes 0. Page 4999.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-04-25** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2024-05-08** Referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. `referral-committee`
- **2024-05-28** 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`
- **2024-06-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2024-06-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8 and ordered to Consent Calendar. `committee-passage, reading-2`
- **2024-06-18** Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2024-06-20** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 36. Noes 0. Page 4628.). `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2024-06-20** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after June 22 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2024-06-27** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 6077.). `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-07-02** Enrolled measure version corrected.
- **2024-07-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2024-07-18** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-07-18** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 158, Statutes of 2024. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/22422e58-0122-4a29-ba20-5953e4b7793a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).