California Labor Code Statutory History
California Labor Code Statutory History
Labor Code: Early California labor laws owed their successes, in part, on the Labor lobby of the early 20th Century, such as the State Federation of Labor, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, State Building Trades Council, San Francisco Labor Council, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and the Order of Railroad Conductors, just to name a few. The types of issues raised before the legislature during these early years of the 1900’s involved industrial accidents, worker’s compensation, safety, and regulation of hours (such as the Railroadmen’s 16-hour law, Child labor laws, and Miners’ eight hour law). The 1937 codification was a nonsubstantive enactment of former labor-related acts and earlier laws, such as the former Political Code, mostly dating back to this early, tumultuous time in California legislative history. Thus, consideration of the historical derivation of various Labor Code sections is very important.
Legislative Research: Each section listed below is a link to a PDF document that sets forth the enactment history for that section. The history cited for each section below is intended to be used for information purposes only and should not be relied upon without confirmation. For questions or sections not listed, Contact Us.
Labor Code Sections
LBR Code Section 98.6: Derived from former uncodified section 10, enacted in 1913.
LBR Code Section 98.7: Derived from former Labor Code section 1196.1, enacted in 1976.
LBR Code Section 226: Derived from former Labor Code section 226.2 enacted in 1979.
LBR Code Section 512: Enacted in Chapter 134, Statutes of 1999.
LBR Code Section 515.6: Enacted in 2001.
LBR Code Section 1050: Derived from former Penal Code section 653e, enacted in 1913.
LBR Code Sections 1101 through 1105: Derived from former uncodified sections of Chapter 38, Statutes of 1915.
LBR Code Section 1102.5: Enacted in 1984.
LBR Code Section 1174: Derived from former uncodified section 3 of Chapter 324, Statutes of 1913.
LBR Code Section 1193.5: Enacted by Chapter 408, Statutes of 1961.
LBR Code Section 1198: Derived from former uncodified section 3 of Chapter 248, Statutes of 1927.
LBR Code Sections 1700 through 1700.47: Talent Agencies labor laws; earliest enactment in Chapter 282, Statutes of 1913.
LBR Code Section 1700.44: Derived from former Labor Code section 1700.44, enacted in 1959.
LBR Code Section 1720: Derived from former Penal Code sections.
LBR Code Section 1771: Enacted as uncodified section 1 by Chapter 397, Statutes of 1931.
LBR Code Sections 2698 through 2699.5: The Private Attorneys General Act.
LBR Code Section 2750.5 : Enacted in 1978.
LBR Code Section 2806 : Enacted in 1979.
LBR Code Section 2855: Derived from former Civil Code section 1980, enacted in 1872.
LBR Code Section 3600.5: Originally enacted in 1955.
LBR Code Section 3744: Enacted in 1984.
LBR Code Section 4903.1: Enacted by Chapter 1109, Statutes of 1975.
LBR Code Section 4903.5: Enacted in 2002 by Assembly Bill 749.
LBR Code Section 5804: Derived from former uncodified section 16 of Chapter 399, Statutes of 1911.
