---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: retaliation."
description: "Existing law establishes grounds for suspension or revocation of certain business and professional licenses."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20132014"
identifier: "SB 666"
citation: "California SB 666 (20132014)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: retaliation."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Steinberg"]
version_count: 10
action_count: 34
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2013-02-22"
last_action: "2013-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2da2cf04-ae9f-4baf-b29f-ed1e7e0c635b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666"
source_hash: "ee41eeffd9ced1864667d1de123b83c84608e5f86103d91451f12431e35c4357"
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 666 (20132014) — Employment: retaliation.

Existing law establishes grounds for suspension or revocation of certain business and professional licenses.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/22/13 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66699INT)
2. **04/01/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66698AMD)
3. **04/11/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66697AMD)
4. **05/07/13 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66696AMD)
5. **08/05/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66695AMD)
6. **08/22/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66694AMD)
7. **09/04/13 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66693AMD)
8. **10/05/13 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66691CHP)
9. **SB666** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666)
10. **09/12/13 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201320140SB666&version=20130SB66692ENR)

## Votes

- SB 666 Steinberg Senate Third Reading By HERNÁNDEZ — **52–17** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business — **32–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **31–7** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended, and re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Labor and Employment. — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — **6–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Steinberg — primary (person)
- Beall — coauthor (person)
- Evans — coauthor (person)
- Hueso — coauthor (person)
- Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Monning — coauthor (person)
- Padilla — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2013-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2013-02-24** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 26.
- **2013-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2013-03-11** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-01** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2013-04-09** Set for hearing April 24.
- **2013-04-11** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-04-24** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 664.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-04-25** Set for hearing April 30.
- **2013-05-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1. Page 754.) (April 30). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-05-07** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-05-10** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2013-05-20** Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2013-05-21** Set for hearing May 23.
- **2013-05-23** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1018.) (May 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2013-05-24** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-05-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 1107.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-05-29** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2013-06-10** Referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2013-06-18** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 18). Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2013-08-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2013-08-21** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 1.) (August 21). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-22** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-08-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2013-09-04** Read third time and amended. (Page 2868.) `reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-04** Ordered to third reading.
- **2013-09-09** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 17. Page 2998.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2013-09-09** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2013-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 32. Noes 2. Page 2297.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2013-09-18** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
- **2013-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2013-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 577, Statutes of 2013.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2da2cf04-ae9f-4baf-b29f-ed1e7e0c635b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).