---
type: "Bill"
title: "Farm labor contractors: license requirements."
description: "Farm labor contractors: license requirements."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20012002"
identifier: "AB 423"
citation: "California AB 423 (20012002)"
classification: ["bill", "appropriation"]
subjects: ["Farm labor contractors: license requirements."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hertzberg"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 21
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2001-02-20"
last_action: "2001-08-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa67adbd-2065-4cb7-abe7-708f6098cb12"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423"
source_hash: "bcac6bc272c9dd6cbd80a38bfa3186970d6474f72e4e2f47a4335475d8c2d4aa"
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 423 (20012002) — Farm labor contractors: license requirements.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/20/01 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423&version=20010AB42399INT)
2. **06/04/01 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423&version=20010AB42398AMD)
3. **07/03/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423&version=20010AB42397AMD)
4. **07/18/01 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423&version=20010AB42396AMD)
5. **08/07/01 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423&version=20010AB42394CHP)
6. **AB423** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423)
7. **07/20/01 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=200120020AB423&version=20010AB42395ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- AB 423 Hertzberg Assembly Third Reading — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Assembly 3rd Reading AB423 Hertzberg By Burton — **pass** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- AB 423 Hertzberg Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **pass** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hertzberg — primary (person)
- Alquist — coauthor (person)
- Burton — principal coauthor (person)
- Calderon — coauthor (person)
- Cardenas — coauthor (person)
- Diaz — coauthor (person)
- Dunn — coauthor (person)
- Florez — coauthor (person)
- Goldberg — coauthor (person)
- Havice — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — author (person)
- Kehoe — coauthor (person)
- Koretz — coauthor (person)
- Maldonado — author (person)
- Migden — coauthor (person)
- Negrete McLeod — coauthor (person)
- Ortiz — coauthor (person)
- Romero — principal coauthor (person)
- Scott — coauthor (person)
- Shelley — coauthor (person)
- Steinberg — coauthor (person)
- Strom-Martin — coauthor (person)
- Thomson — coauthor (person)
- Vargas — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2001-08-07** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 157, Statutes of 2001.
- **2001-08-07** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2001-07-26** Enrolled and to the Governor at 3 p.m.
- **2001-07-20** Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 51. Noes 25. Page 2942.) `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-19** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after July 21 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2001-07-19** Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 7. Page 2107.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-07-18** Read second time, amended, and to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.). `amendment-introduction, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-03** Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Standing Committee on Appropriations. `reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee, amendment-passage`
- **2001-07-02** From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations (Ayes 5. Noes 1.). `amendment-introduction, referral-committee, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2001-06-19** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Industrial Relations. `referral-committee`
- **2001-06-06** In Senate. Read first time. To Standing Committee on Rules for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2001-06-06** Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 49. Noes 24. Page 2235.) `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2001-06-04** Read third time, amended, and returned to third reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-3`
- **2001-05-25** Read second time. To third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2001-05-24** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 15. Noes 5.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-24** From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Standing Committee on Appropriations Re-referred. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2001-04-19** Joint Rule 62(a), file notice waived. (Page 1117.)
- **2001-03-05** Referred to Standing Committee on Labor and Employment. `referral-committee`
- **2001-02-21** From printer. May be heard in committee March 23.
- **2001-02-20** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa67adbd-2065-4cb7-abe7-708f6098cb12`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).