--- type: "Bill" title: "Labor-related liabilities: original contractor." description: "Under existing law, an action may be brought for nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "AB 1701" citation: "California AB 1701 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Labor-related liabilities: original contractor."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Thurmond"] version_count: 8 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2017-02-28" last_action: "2017-10-14" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c37c99f9-4908-4952-91ef-79b8e8eb903c" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701" source_hash: "0844698c7e4bdafdeec99fa8ac36c4ea998d2a360c4c060891eeee8d0f640f7c" 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 1701 (20172018) — Labor-related liabilities: original contractor. Under existing law, an action may be brought for nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/28/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701&version=20170AB170199INT) 2. **03/23/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701&version=20170AB170198AMD) 3. **07/10/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701&version=20170AB170197AMD) 4. **08/22/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701&version=20170AB170196AMD) 5. **08/28/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701&version=20170AB170195AMD) 6. **10/14/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701&version=20170AB170193CHP) 7. **AB1701** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701) 8. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701&version=20170AB170194ENR) ## Votes - Do pass. — **6–1** (pass) · lower - AB 1701 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **62–15** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **3–1** (pass) · upper - AB 1701 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — **52–19** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading AB1701 Thurmond et al. By Bradford — **25–12** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — **4–2** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Thurmond — primary (person) - Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-28** Read first time. To print. `reading-1` - **2017-03-01** From printer. May be heard in committee March 31. - **2017-03-23** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-23** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. `amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-03-27** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2017-05-03** Coauthors revised. - **2017-05-03** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-04** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-11** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 19. Page 1480.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-11** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1` - **2017-05-24** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-01** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. - **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-07-10** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2017-08-21** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 18). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction` - **2017-08-22** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-08-28** From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. `amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction` - **2017-09-01** Withdrawn from committee. - **2017-09-01** Ordered to second reading. - **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-06** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2505.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-12** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77. - **2017-09-13** Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.) - **2017-09-13** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3334.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m. - **2017-10-14** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-14** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 804, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c37c99f9-4908-4952-91ef-79b8e8eb903c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).