---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: independent contractors."
description: "Existing law prescribes comprehensive requirements relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, and standards for working conditions for the protection of employees applicable to an employment relationship."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "SB 459"
citation: "California SB 459 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: independent contractors."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Corbett"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 34
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2011-02-16"
last_action: "2011-10-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c57d8491-368d-4e5f-9fe1-fc9a976ff327"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459"
source_hash: "cf45ddbc6e72d412f181d01f44a0f42b56052173a60bed3dfbb486b70a00c77c"
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 SB 459 (20112012) — Employment: independent contractors.

Existing law prescribes comprehensive requirements relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, and standards for working conditions for the protection of employees applicable to an employment relationship.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45999INT)
2. **03/23/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45998AMD)
3. **05/27/11 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45997AMD)
4. **07/12/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45996AMD)
5. **08/15/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45995AMD)
6. **09/02/11 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45994AMD)
7. **10/09/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45992CHP)
8. **SB459** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459)
9. **09/12/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459&version=20110SB45993ENR)

## Votes

- SB 459 Corbett Senate Third Reading By GATTO — **51–26** (pass) · lower
- SB 459 Corbett Senate Third Reading By GATTO Amend By GATTO Set #1 — **49–26** (pass) · lower
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **12–5** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB459 Corbett Concurrence — **22–14** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **3–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–3** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **24–12** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **5–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Corbett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2011-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2011-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
- **2011-02-24** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2011-03-23** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-03-31** Re-referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-07** Set for hearing April 13.
- **2011-04-13** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 643.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2011-04-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 765.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-29** Set for hearing May 9.
- **2011-05-09** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2011-05-20** Set for hearing May 26.
- **2011-05-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1117.) (May 26). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-05-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-27** Read third time and amended. `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-05-27** Ordered to second reading.
- **2011-05-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-06-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 1274.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-06-02** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2011-06-13** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-11** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 28). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-07-12** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-15** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee`
- **2011-08-18** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-08-22** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-09-02** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 2824.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-02** Ordered to third reading.
- **2011-09-07** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 2988.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-09-07** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2011-09-08** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 2412.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2011-09-14** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-10-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-10-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 706, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c57d8491-368d-4e5f-9fe1-fc9a976ff327`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).