--- type: "Bill" title: "In-home supportive services: provider orientation." description: "Existing law provides for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons receive services enabling them to remain in their own homes. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to contract with a nonprofit consortium or to establish a public authority to provide in-home supportive services, and provides that the public authority or nonprofit consortium shall be deemed to be the employer of in-home supportive services personnel for the purposes of collective bargaining over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Existing law requires prospective providers of in-home supportive services to complete a provider orientation at the time of enrollment, and requires representatives of the recognized employee organization in the county to be permitted to make a presentation of up to 30 minutes at that orientation." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20172018" identifier: "SB 857" citation: "California SB 857 (20172018)" classification: ["bill", "appropriation"] subjects: ["In-home supportive services: provider orientation."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review"] version_count: 6 action_count: 21 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2018-01-10" last_action: "2018-07-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9013db5e-0a40-4929-b4cc-b068683e26fc" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB857" source_hash: "a46c981236bb8e6d79c06e24103e5ce411ca5292b9d67a9990ab8b4988b47c2a" 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 857 (20172018) — In-home supportive services: provider orientation. Existing law provides for the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) program, under which qualified aged, blind, and disabled persons receive services enabling them to remain in their own homes. Existing law authorizes a county board of supervisors to contract with a nonprofit consortium or to establish a public authority to provide in-home supportive services, and provides that the public authority or nonprofit consortium shall be deemed to be the employer of in-home supportive services personnel for the purposes of collective bargaining over wages, hours, and other terms and conditions of employment. Existing law requires prospective providers of in-home supportive services to complete a provider orientation at the time of enrollment, and requires representatives of the recognized employee organization in the county to be permitted to make a presentation of up to 30 minutes at that orientation. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **01/10/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB857&version=20170SB85799INT) 2. **06/21/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB857&version=20170SB85798AMD) 3. **06/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB857&version=20170SB85797AMD) 4. **07/09/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB857&version=20170SB85795CHP) 5. **SB857** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB857) 6. **07/02/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB857&version=20170SB85796ENR) ## Votes - SB 857 B. & F. R. Senate Third Reading — **55–20** (pass) · lower - Unfinished Business SB857 B. & F.R. (Mitchell) Concurrence — **24–11** (pass) · upper - 3rd Reading SB857 B. & F.R. — **24–11** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2018-01-10** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1` - **2018-01-11** From printer. May be acted upon on or after February 10. - **2018-01-16** Referred to Com. on B. & F.R. `referral-committee` - **2018-04-30** Withdrawn from committee. (Ayes 25. Noes 11. Page 4865.) - **2018-04-30** Ordered to second reading. - **2018-05-01** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1` - **2018-05-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 4924.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2018-05-07** Referred to Com. on BUDGET. `referral-committee` - **2018-06-21** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-06-25** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on BUDGET. `reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1` - **2018-07-02** Assembly Rule 96 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 6049.) - **2018-07-02** Withdrawn from committee. - **2018-07-02** Ordered to third reading. - **2018-07-02** Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 22. Page 6049.) - **2018-07-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 55. Noes 20. Page 6054.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1` - **2018-07-02** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending. - **2018-07-02** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 24. Noes 11. Page 5005.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage` - **2018-07-03** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2018-07-09** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-07-09** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 87, Statutes of 2018. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9013db5e-0a40-4929-b4cc-b068683e26fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).