AB 800 — Workplace Readiness Week: work permits.

Summary

Existing law deems the month of May to be Labor History Month throughout the public schools, and encourages school districts to commemorate that month with appropriate educational exercises that make pupils aware of the role the labor movement has played in shaping California and the United States. This bill would require the week of each year that includes April 28 to be known as "Workplace Readiness Week." The bill would require all public high schools, including charter schools, to annually observe that week by providing information to pupils on their rights as workers, and would specify the topics to be covered. The bill would require the observances to be integrated into the regular school program in grades 11 and 12, consistent with the history-social science framework. By imposing additional duties on public school officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to annually send a written notice to every public high school, including charter schools, with certain information relating to Workplace Readiness Week, as provided. Existing law authorizes specific school administrators to issue a work permit to pupils subject to specific requirements, including requiring certain information to be included on the work permit. This bill would require, beginning August 1, 2024, any minor seeking the signature of a verifying authority on a Statement of Intent to Employ a Minor and Request for a Work Permit-Certificate of Age to be issued, before or at the time of receiving the signature of the verifying authority, a document clearly explaining basic labor rights extended to workers, as provided. The bill would encourage the University of California Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education to produce, with input from bona fide labor organizations, a draft template for the document to be provided to minors, including translations into languages other than English, as specified. The bill would require the document to express those labor rights in plain, natural terminology easily understood by the pupil. The bill would require the document, in English, to be in a physical form and include a Uniform Resource Locator for, and a quick response code linked to, an internet website with electronic versions of the document, including any translated versions of the document, produced by the University of California Berkeley Center for Labor Research and Education. To the extent these requirements would impose additional duties on public school officials, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 09/30/23 - Chaptered Current pdf September 30, 2023
• Enrolled 09/14/23 - Enrolled pdf September 14, 2023
• Amended 08/14/23 - Amended Senate pdf August 14, 2023
• Amended 05/18/23 - Amended Assembly pdf May 18, 2023
• Amended 04/03/23 - Amended Assembly pdf April 03, 2023
• Introduced 02/13/23 - Introduced pdf February 13, 2023
• AB800 View text html

Action History

1. September 30, 2023

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 271, Statutes of 2023.

2. September 30, 2023

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 19, 2023

   Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.

4. September 12, 2023

   Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 67. Noes 8. Page 3237.).

5. September 12, 2023

   Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Page 3228.)

6. September 11, 2023

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 13 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

7. September 11, 2023

   Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 29. Noes 7. Page 2554.).

8. September 05, 2023

   Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

9. September 01, 2023

   From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (September 1).

10. August 21, 2023

    In committee: Referred to APPR suspense file.

11. August 14, 2023

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

12. August 02, 2023

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

13. July 13, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (July 12). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

14. June 07, 2023

    Referred to Com. on ED.

15. May 26, 2023

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

16. May 25, 2023

    Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 64. Noes 5. Page 1809.)

17. May 22, 2023

    Read second time. Ordered to third reading.

18. May 18, 2023

    Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading.

19. May 18, 2023

    From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 2.) (May 18).

20. May 10, 2023

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

21. April 27, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR.

22. April 13, 2023

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 12). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E.

23. April 13, 2023

    Coauthors revised.

24. April 04, 2023

    Re-referred to Com. on ED.

25. April 03, 2023

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

26. March 09, 2023

    In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.

27. February 23, 2023

    Referred to Coms. on ED. and L. & E.

28. February 14, 2023

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 16.

29. February 13, 2023

    Read first time. To print.

Sponsors

• Liz Ortega · Primary
• Tasha Boerner · Cosponsor
• Lisa Calderon · Cosponsor
• Juan Carrillo · Cosponsor
• Damon Connolly · Cosponsor
• Matt Haney · Cosponsor
• Stephanie Nguyen · Cosponsor
• Santiago · Cosponsor
• Buffy Wicks · Cosponsor
• Maria Elena Durazo · Cosponsor
• Lena A. Gonzalez · Cosponsor
• Lola Smallwood-Cuevas · Cosponsor
• Juan Carrillo · Cosponsor

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