--- type: "Bill" title: "Failure to pay wages: penalties." description: "(1) Existing law makes an employer or other person acting individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person who fails to pay or causes a failure to pay an employee a wage less than the minimum wage subject to citation by the Labor Commissioner, a civil penalty, restitution of wages, liquidated damages, and certain other applicable penalties." jurisdiction: "us/states/ca" legislature: "California Legislature" session: "20192020" identifier: "SB 688" citation: "California SB 688 (20192020)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Failure to pay wages: penalties."] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Monning"] version_count: 6 action_count: 26 vote_count: 7 first_action: "2019-02-22" last_action: "2019-10-10" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd63420c-c58b-4d11-b624-612ac5cd58fc" source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB688" source_hash: "f3cb9a8207b784a1a17b96706d282b89ffa5c79ded5b9f0d33b93a3d18b35563" 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 688 (20192020) — Failure to pay wages: penalties. (1) Existing law makes an employer or other person acting individually or as an officer, agent, or employee of another person who fails to pay or causes a failure to pay an employee a wage less than the minimum wage subject to citation by the Labor Commissioner, a civil penalty, restitution of wages, liquidated damages, and certain other applicable penalties. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **02/22/19 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB688&version=20190SB68899INT) 2. **03/27/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB688&version=20190SB68898AMD) 3. **04/25/19 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB688&version=20190SB68897AMD) 4. **10/10/19 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB688&version=20190SB68895CHP) 5. **SB688** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB688) 6. **09/05/19 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201920200SB688&version=20190SB68896ENR) ## Votes - 3rd Reading — **32–6** (pass) · upper - Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **7–0** (pass) · lower - Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–1** (pass) · lower - Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **3–1** (pass) · upper - Do pass. — **14–4** (pass) · lower - SB 688 Monning Senate Third Reading By Kalra — **63–13** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Monning — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2019-02-22** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction` - **2019-02-25** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 27. - **2019-02-25** Read first time. `reading-1` - **2019-03-14** Referred to Com. on RLS. `referral-committee` - **2019-03-27** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-03** Re-referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2019-04-05** Set for hearing April 10. - **2019-04-10** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 654.) (April 10). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-04-11** Set for hearing April 23. - **2019-04-24** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 1. Page 800.) (April 23). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage` - **2019-04-25** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-05-03** Set for hearing May 13. - **2019-05-13** From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. `committee-passage, reading-2` - **2019-05-14** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-05-20** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 32. Noes 6. Page 1155.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-05-21** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1` - **2019-06-03** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee` - **2019-06-27** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-07-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 1.) (July 9). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2019-08-14** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 14. Noes 4.) (August 14). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage` - **2019-08-15** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2` - **2019-09-03** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 63. Noes 13. Page 2960.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-3, reading-1` - **2019-09-03** In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. - **2019-09-10** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m. - **2019-10-10** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature` - **2019-10-10** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 723, Statutes of 2019. ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd63420c-c58b-4d11-b624-612ac5cd58fc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).