--- type: "Bill" title: "Personal rights: civil liability and enforcement." description: "Existing law establishes liability for sexual harassment when the plaintiff proves specified elements, including, among other things, that there is a business, service, or professional relationship between the plaintiff and defendant and there is an inability by the plaintiff to easily terminate the relationship. Existing law states that a relationship may exist between a plaintiff and certain persons, including an attorney, holder of a master's degree in social work, real estate agent, and real estate appraiser." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 224" citation: "California SB 224 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Personal rights: civil liability and enforcement."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"] version_count: 9 action_count: 33 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2017-02-02" last_action: "2018-09-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/861e927a-6279-4edd-8e7b-7116f2cea03a" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224" source_hash: "f5d9f22eceaca0dc7532e89a08f052e39668ec9e5efe20add7c21a1add0be8db" 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 224 (20172018) — Personal rights: civil liability and enforcement. Existing law establishes liability for sexual harassment when the plaintiff proves specified elements, including, among other things, that there is a business, service, or professional relationship between the plaintiff and defendant and there is an inability by the plaintiff to easily terminate the relationship. Existing law states that a relationship may exist between a plaintiff and certain persons, including an attorney, holder of a master's degree in social work, real estate agent, and real estate appraiser. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/02/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22499INT) 2. **01/03/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22496AMD) 3. **04/05/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22498AMD) 4. **07/05/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22495AMD) 5. **08/21/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22497AMD) 6. **08/23/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22494AMD) 7. **09/30/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22492CHP) 8. **SB224** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224) 9. **09/04/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB224&version=20170SB22493ENR) ## Votes - SB 224 Jackson Senate Third Reading By REYES — **78–0** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Jackson — primary (person) - Monning — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-02** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-03** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 5. - **2017-02-16** Referred to Com. on EQ. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-28** Set for hearing April 19. - **2017-04-05** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on EQ. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-20** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 783.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-21** Set for hearing May 1. - **2017-05-01** May 1 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25. - **2017-05-25** May 25 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. - **2017-08-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2017-08-21** Withdrawn from committee. - **2017-08-21** Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2018-01-03** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-01-03** Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-01-05** Set for hearing January 9. - **2018-01-10** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 4020.) (January 9). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2018-01-11** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-01-22** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 4067.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-01-23** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-06-18** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee` - **2018-07-03** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 10. Noes 0.) (July 3). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2018-07-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2018-08-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2018-08-23** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-08-28** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 6707.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-08-28** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-08-29** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2018-08-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 39. Noes 0. Page 6060.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-09-06** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-09-30** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-09-30** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 951, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/861e927a-6279-4edd-8e7b-7116f2cea03a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).