--- type: "Bill" title: "Wages: Barbering and Cosmetology Act: licensees." description: "Existing law requires, with certain exceptions, that all wages be paid twice during each calendar month on days designated in advance by the employer as the regular paydays and requires the minimum wage for all industries to be $10. Existing law makes it a crime for any person to willfully refuse to pay wages due and payable after demand has been made. The Barbering and Cosmetology Act provides for the licensure and regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists, electrologists, and apprentices by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 490" citation: "California SB 490 (20172018)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Wages: Barbering and Cosmetology Act: licensees."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Bradford"] version_count: 6 action_count: 27 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2017-02-16" last_action: "2017-10-15" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b1a426a3-1f9d-4448-ab01-5b1aeda9ab3b" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB490" source_hash: "8242350ca2f374bdc29252a148db29dee6a5ab0072f7e5c61e3733ae1123cc7d" 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 490 (20172018) — Wages: Barbering and Cosmetology Act: licensees. Existing law requires, with certain exceptions, that all wages be paid twice during each calendar month on days designated in advance by the employer as the regular paydays and requires the minimum wage for all industries to be $10. Existing law makes it a crime for any person to willfully refuse to pay wages due and payable after demand has been made. The Barbering and Cosmetology Act provides for the licensure and regulation of barbers, cosmetologists, estheticians, manicurists, electrologists, and apprentices by the State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology, which is within the Department of Consumer Affairs. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/16/17 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB490&version=20170SB49099INT) 2. **03/20/17 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB490&version=20170SB49098AMD) 3. **08/24/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB490&version=20170SB49097AMD) 4. **10/15/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB490&version=20170SB49095CHP) 5. **SB490** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB490) 6. **09/07/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB490&version=20170SB49096ENR) ## Votes - Special Consent SB490 — **40–0** (pass) · upper - SB 490 Bradford Senate Third Reading By JONES-SAWYER — **74–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **6–0** (pass) · lower - 3rd Reading — **37–0** (pass) · upper - Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **14–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Bradford — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-16** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-17** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19. - **2017-03-02** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-20** 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` - **2017-03-29** Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee` - **2017-03-31** Set for hearing April 5. - **2017-04-05** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 0. Page 626.) (April 5). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-04-07** Set for hearing April 17. - **2017-04-17** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2017-04-18** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-04-27** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 871.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-04-27** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2017-05-26** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee` - **2017-06-07** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 7). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 14. Noes 0.) (June 28). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2017-06-29** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2017-07-03** From consent calendar on motion of Assembly Member Bonta. - **2017-07-03** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-08-24** Read third time and amended. `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2017-08-24** Ordered to third reading. - **2017-08-31** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 74. Noes 0. Page 2838.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2017-08-31** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2017-09-01** Ordered to special consent calendar. - **2017-09-05** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 40. Noes 0. Page 2479.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2017-09-11** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2017-10-15** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2017-10-15** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 831, Statutes of 2017. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b1a426a3-1f9d-4448-ab01-5b1aeda9ab3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).