California 2015-2016 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 2 D · 1 R cosponsors

AB 1066 — Agricultural workers: wages, hours, and working conditions.

Last action — Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2016.

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Assembly
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.

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Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

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High

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  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 20 sponsors

    1 primary, 19 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (2 D · 1 R) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    9 passed, 2 failed in recorded votes so far.

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Summary

Existing law sets wage, hour, meal break requirements, and other working conditions for employees and requires an employer to pay overtime wages as specified to an employee who works in excess of a workday or workweek, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties for the violation of these requirements. Existing law exempts agricultural employees from these requirements. Under existing law, the function of the Department of Industrial Relations is to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. This bill would remove the exemption for agricultural employees regarding hours, meal breaks, and other working conditions, including specified wage requirements, and would create a schedule that would phase in overtime requirements for agricultural workers, as defined, over the course of 4 years, from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. Beginning January 1, 2022, the bill would require any work performed by a person, employed in an agricultural occupation, in excess of 12 hours in one day to be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the employee's regular rate of pay. The bill would provide employers who employ 25 or fewer employees an additional 3 years to comply with the phasing in of these overtime requirements. The bill would authorize the Governor to delay the implementation of these overtime pay provisions if the Governor also suspends the implementation of a scheduled state minimum wage increase, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to update a specified wage order for consistency with these provisions, as specified. The bill would create a state-mandated local program by including agricultural employees as a class of employees protected by criminal penalties under existing law. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 313, Statutes of 2016.

  2. Approved by the Governor.

  3. Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11 a.m.

  4. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 44. Noes 32. Page 6333.).

  5. In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 25 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

  6. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 14. Page 5230.).

  7. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  8. Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading.

  9. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  10. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 11).

  11. In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  12. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  13. 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.

  14. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R.

  15. Re-referred to Com. on RLS.

  16. Withdrawn from committee.

  17. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on ED.

  18. Referred to Com. on ED.

  19. In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

  20. Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 54. Noes 25. Page 1787.)

  21. Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

  22. From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (May 28).

  23. In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file.

  24. Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  25. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Read second time and amended.

  26. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 10. Noes 3.) (April 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

  27. From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on HIGHER ED. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (April 8). Re-referred to Com. on HIGHER ED.

  28. Re-referred to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S.

  29. From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on P.E., R., & S.S. Read second time and amended.

  30. Referred to Coms. on P.E., R., & S.S. and HIGHER ED.

  31. From printer. May be heard in committee March 29.

  32. Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

  • Block · Cosponsor
  • Lopez · Cosponsor
  • Mitchell · Cosponsor
  • Chiu · Cosponsor
  • Chu · Cosponsor
  • Gatto · Cosponsor
  • Hall · Cosponsor
  • Jones-Sawyer · Cosponsor
  • McCarty · Cosponsor
  • Medina · Cosponsor
  • Monning · Cosponsor
  • Thurmond · Cosponsor
  • Ting · Cosponsor
  • Weber · Cosponsor
  • Jeff Gonzalez · Primary
  • Mia Bonta · Cosponsor
  • Robert Garcia · Cosponsor
  • Travis Allen · Cosponsor
  • Mark Stone · Cosponsor
  • Roger Hernández · Cosponsor

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 19 co-sponsors · 102 not signed on · 17 voted No

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (19)

Not signed on (102)

102 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments

Passed 44 Yea · 32 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 402703
Democratic 4001
Republican 0500
Total 443204
% of votes cast 55%40%0%5%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Baker — Nay
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Holden — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Cooley — Nay
Cooper — Nay
Daly — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Burke — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Harper — Nay
Lopez — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Linder — Yea
Low — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Mayes — Nay
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Campos — Yea
Melendez — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Gray — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Chau — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Chu — Yea
Chávez — Nay
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Olsen — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Ting — Yea
Weber — Yea
Williams — Yea
Chang — Nay
Hadley — Nay
Kim — Nay
Levine — Not Voting
Steinorth — Nay
Waldron — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Wood — Not Voting
Frazier — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Jim Patterson — Nay
Lorena Gonzalez — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Not Voting
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay

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AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Appeal the Decision of the Chair By WAGNER

Failed 26 Yea · 49 Nay · 5 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 214405
Democratic 0500
Republican 5000
Total 264905
% of votes cast 33%61%0%6%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Nay
Bigelow — Yea
Bloom — Nay
Brough — Yea
Brown — Nay
Holden — Nay
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
Rodriguez — Nay
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Nay
Weber — Nay
Frazier — Nay
Gatto — Nay
Campos — Nay
Chang — Yea
Hadley — Yea
Harper — Yea
Chávez — Yea
Salas — Nay
Bonilla — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
Kim — Yea
Dababneh — Nay
Low — Nay
Mayes — Yea
Medina — Nay
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Nay
Nazarian — Nay
O'Donnell — Nay
Obernolte — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Nay
Wagner — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Wilk — Yea
Eggman — Not Voting
Gray — Nay
Lopez — Nay
Gomez — Nay
Gordon — Nay
Atkins — Nay
Burke — Nay
Chau — Nay
Levine — Not Voting
Chiu — Nay
Baker — Not Voting
Chu — Nay
Cooley — Nay
Cooper — Not Voting
Daly — Nay
Dodd — Nay
Linder — Not Voting
McCarty — Nay
Quirk — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Nay
Santiago — Nay
Ting — Nay
Williams — Nay
Wood — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Nay
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Roger Hernández — Nay
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Nay
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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AB 1066 GONZALEZ Concurrence in Senate Amendments Motion to Re-refer to Committee By OBERNOLTE

Failed 30 Yea · 47 Nay · 3 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 254203
Democratic 0500
Republican 5000
Total 304703
% of votes cast 38%59%0%4%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Yea
Alejo — Nay
Bloom — Nay
Brough — Yea
Brown — Nay
Jones-Sawyer — Nay
Linder — Yea
Maienschein — Yea
Mathis — Yea
O'Donnell — Nay
Ridley-Thomas — Nay
Wagner — Yea
Wood — Nay
Eggman — Not Voting
Daly — Nay
Gatto — Nay
Gomez — Nay
Salas — Yea
Burke — Nay
Hadley — Yea
Harper — Yea
Holden — Nay
Campos — Nay
Chang — Yea
Bonilla — Nay
Kim — Yea
Low — Nay
Gray — Nay
Mayes — Yea
McCarty — Nay
Lopez — Nay
Medina — Nay
Melendez — Yea
Mullin — Nay
Nazarian — Nay
Obernolte — Yea
Baker — Yea
Bigelow — Yea
Chiu — Nay
Chávez — Yea
Cooley — Nay
Cooper — Nay
Dababneh — Nay
Dodd — Yea
Olsen — Yea
Rendon — Nay
Steinorth — Yea
Thurmond — Nay
Waldron — Yea
Weber — Nay
Wilk — Yea
Atkins — Nay
Frazier — Not Voting
Gordon — Nay
Chau — Nay
Levine — Not Voting
Chu — Nay
Quirk — Nay
Rodriguez — Nay
Santiago — Nay
Ting — Nay
Williams — Nay
Beth Gaines — Yea
Cristina Garcia — Nay
Eduardo Garcia — Nay
Jim Patterson — Yea
Lorena Gonzalez — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Roger Hernández — Nay
Travis Allen — Yea
Arambula, Joaquin Democratic Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Nay
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Nay
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Nay
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Nay
Dahle, Megan Republican Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Yea
Grove, Shannon Republican Yea
Jones, Brian W. Republican Yea
Lackey, Tom Republican Yea

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3rd Reading AB1066 Gonzalez By De León

Passed 21 Yea · 14 Nay · 4 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 201303
Democratic 1101
Total 211404
% of votes cast 54%36%0%10%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Block — Yea
Hancock — Yea
Hertzberg — Yea
Hill — Yea
Leyva — Not Voting
Mendoza — Yea
Morrell — Nay
Nielsen — Nay
Pan — Yea
Pavley — Yea
Vidak — Nay
Wieckowski — Yea
Wolk — Yea
Galgiani — Not Voting
Hueso — Yea
Allen — Yea
Mitchell — Yea
De León — Yea
Fuller — Nay
Cannella — Nay
Glazer — Nay
Hall — Yea
Hernandez — Yea
Huff — Nay
Anderson — Nay
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Leno — Yea
Liu — Yea
Monning — Yea
Moorlach — Nay
Roth — Not Voting
Beth Gaines — Nay
Bill Berryhill — Nay
Mark Stone — Nay
Jackson, Corey A. Democratic Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Not Voting
Nguyen, Stephanie Democratic Nay

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Do pass

Passed 5 Yea · 2 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 4200
Democratic 1000
Total 5200
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Lara — Yea
Bates — Nay
Beall — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Nay
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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Placed on suspense file

Passed 7 Yea · 0 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 6000
Democratic 1000
Total 7000
% of votes cast 100%0%0%0%
How each member voted (7)
Member Party Vote
Hill — Yea
Bates — Yea
Beall — Yea
Lara — Yea
Mendoza — Yea
Nielsen — Yea
McGuire, Mike Democratic Yea

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AB 1066 GONZALEZ Assembly Third Reading

Passed 54 Yea · 25 Nay · 1 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 501901
Democratic 4000
Republican 0600
Total 542501
% of votes cast 68%31%0%1%
How each member voted (80)
Member Party Vote
Achadjian — Nay
Alejo — Yea
Bloom — Yea
Brough — Nay
Brown — Yea
Jones-Sawyer — Yea
Low — Yea
Maienschein — Nay
Mathis — Nay
Mullin — Yea
Olsen — Nay
Perea — Yea
Ridley-Thomas — Yea
Santiago — Yea
Thurmond — Yea
Weber — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Chávez — Not Voting
Daly — Yea
Burke — Yea
Campos — Yea
Chiu — Yea
Salas — Yea
Bonilla — Yea
Frazier — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Gray — Yea
Lopez — Yea
Holden — Yea
Levine — Yea
Cooley — Yea
Cooper — Yea
Dababneh — Yea
Dodd — Yea
Linder — Yea
McCarty — Yea
Medina — Yea
Nazarian — Yea
O'Donnell — Yea
Rendon — Yea
Waldron — Yea
Atkins — Yea
Chang — Nay
Chau — Yea
Harper — Nay
Chu — Yea
Kim — Nay
Baker — Nay
Bigelow — Nay
Mayes — Nay
Melendez — Nay
Obernolte — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Rodriguez — Yea
Steinorth — Nay
Ting — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Wilk — Nay
Williams — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gatto — Yea
Gonzalez — Yea
Hadley — Nay
Beth Gaines — Nay
Cristina Garcia — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Mark Stone — Yea
Roger Hernández — Yea
Travis Allen — Nay
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gipson, Mike A. Democratic Yea
Irwin, Jacqui Democratic Yea
Dahle, Megan Republican Nay
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Grove, Shannon Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay
Lackey, Tom Republican Nay
Patterson, Joe Republican Nay

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Do pass.

Passed 12 Yea · 5 Nay
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 10300
Democratic 2000
Republican 0200
Total 12500
% of votes cast 71%29%0%0%
How each member voted (17)
Member Party Vote
Bigelow — Nay
Rendon — Yea
Eggman — Yea
Daly — Yea
Holden — Yea
Chang — Nay
Quirk — Yea
Wagner — Nay
Weber — Yea
Wood — Yea
Gomez — Yea
Gordon — Yea
Eduardo Garcia — Yea
Bonta, Mia Democratic Yea
Calderon, Lisa Democratic Yea
Gallagher, James Republican Nay
Jones, Brian W. Republican Nay

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Subjects

labor agriculture
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Frequently asked questions

What does AB 1066 do?
Existing law sets wage, hour, meal break requirements, and other working conditions for employees and requires an employer to pay overtime wages as specified to an employee who works in excess of a workday or workweek, as defined, and imposes criminal penalties for the violation of these requirements. Existing law exempts agricultural employees from these requirements. Under existing law, the function of the Department of Industrial Relations is to, among other things, foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of California, to improve their working conditions, and to advance their opportunities for profitable employment. This bill would remove the exemption for agricultural employees regarding hours, meal breaks, and other working conditions, including specified wage requirements, and would create a schedule that would phase in overtime requirements for agricultural workers, as defined, over the course of 4 years, from 2019 to 2022, inclusive. Beginning January 1, 2022, the bill would require any work performed by a person, employed in an agricultural occupation, in excess of 12 hours in one day to be compensated at the rate of no less than twice the employee's regular rate of pay. The bill would provide employers who employ 25 or fewer employees an additional 3 years to comply with the phasing in of these overtime requirements. The bill would authorize the Governor to delay the implementation of these overtime pay provisions if the Governor also suspends the implementation of a scheduled state minimum wage increase, as specified. The bill would require the Department of Industrial Relations to update a specified wage order for consistency with these provisions, as specified. The bill would create a state-mandated local program by including agricultural employees as a class of employees protected by criminal penalties under existing law. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Who sponsors AB 1066?
AB 1066 is sponsored by Block, Lopez, Mitchell, Chiu, Chu, Gatto, Hall, Jones-Sawyer, McCarty, Medina, Monning, Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Gonzalez, Jeff (Republican), Bonta, Mia (Democratic), Garcia, Robert (Democratic), Travis Allen, Mark Stone, and Roger Hernández.
What is the current status of AB 1066?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 26, 2015. Enacted.
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