--- type: "Bill" title: "Farm labor contractors: sexual harassment prevention." description: "Existing law requires farm labor contractors to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to farm labor contractors. A violation of those laws is a crime." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 295" citation: "California SB 295 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Farm labor contractors: sexual harassment prevention."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Monning"] version_count: 7 action_count: 30 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2017-02-09" last_action: "2017-10-02" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e01e95c9-7971-443c-9f10-e7a2661a67dd" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295" source_hash: "06dd07df98888d5f2bb19cd8f4f1c720517168981e48835a59004840fe742403" 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 295 (20172018) — Farm labor contractors: sexual harassment prevention. Existing law requires farm labor contractors to be licensed by the Labor Commissioner and to comply with specified employment laws applicable to farm labor contractors. A violation of those laws is a crime. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/09/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295&version=20170SB29599INT) 2. **04/17/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295&version=20170SB29598AMD) 3. **09/05/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295&version=20170SB29597AMD) 4. **09/07/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295&version=20170SB29596AMD) 5. **10/02/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295&version=20170SB29594CHP) 6. **SB295** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295) 7. **09/18/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB295&version=20170SB29595ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading SB295 Monning et al. — **30–9** (pass) · upper - Unfinished Business SB295 Monning et al. Concurrence — **30–10** (pass) · upper - SB 295 Monning Senate Third Reading By MEDINA — **55–21** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · lower - Do pass as amended. — **11–5** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Monning — primary (person) - Medina — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-09** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-10** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 12. - **2017-02-23** Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-09** Set for hearing March 22. - **2017-03-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 445.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-03-23** Set for hearing April 4. - **2017-04-06** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 626.) (April 4). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-04-17** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1` - **2017-04-18** Set for hearing April 24. - **2017-04-24** April 24 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25. - **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1181.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 30. Noes 9. Page 1267.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-06-08** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 21). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-07-11** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2.) (July 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-08-23** August 23 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file. - **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-05** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2` - **2017-09-06** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-09-07** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-09-07** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-09-13** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 21. Page 3264.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-09-14** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-14** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 30. Noes 10. Page 2926.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-20** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2017-10-02** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-02** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 424, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e01e95c9-7971-443c-9f10-e7a2661a67dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).