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Assembly Bill 216 (Hawes � 1927)

Chapter 217, Statutes of 1927

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As enacted in 1927, Assembly Bill 210 made amendments to former uncodified section 4 of an act affecting the 1911, 1915, and 1919 wage, employment and labor Acts [hereinafter referred to as the 1927 Act]. (See Exhibit #1d) Assembly member Frederick C. Hawes, a hotel proprietor from San Francisco, introduced this bill on January 18, 1927. (See Exhibit #1a)

Senate Bill 216 was assigned to the Senate Committee on Labor and Capital and the Assembly Committee on Labor and Capital where policy issues raised by the bill were considered. (See Exhibit #2) Two amendments were made to Senate Bill 216. (See Exhibits #1b, #1c, and #2) Subsequent to legislative approval, Governor Clement C. Young signed Senate Bill 216 on April 20, 1927 and it was recorded by the Secretary of State on that day as Chapter 217 of the Statutes of 1927. (See Exhibit #1d)

A summary of Assembly Bill 216 is set forth in the Twenty-Third Biennial Report of the Bureau of Labor Statistics as follows:

…This act provides for a civil penalty of ten dollars for each employee who is not paid semimonthly in accordance with the provisions of the law. The change made requires that actions to recover penalties be brought in the name of “The People of the State of California,” and gives the Labor Commissioner and his attorneys the right to bring such suits and accept and receipt for any penalties paid, with or without suit. It also provides for the joinder of several causes of action in one complaint so as to simplify procedure.
(See Exhibit #6, page 24)