---
type: "Bill"
title: "Employment: garment manufacturing."
description: "Existing law makes garment manufacturers liable for guaranteeing payment of wages to employees of their contractors."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20212022"
identifier: "SB 62"
citation: "California SB 62 (20212022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Employment: garment manufacturing."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Durazo"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 31
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2020-12-07"
last_action: "2021-09-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c239f1d9-4a09-4325-a059-94fdd5d4a282"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62"
source_hash: "df7eedb6e9bb156ac49a3dbc9639f88c9eab70d0464f7aba3fb7cf963aefa631"
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 62 (20212022) — Employment: garment manufacturing.

Existing law makes garment manufacturers liable for guaranteeing payment of wages to employees of their contractors.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **12/07/20 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62&version=20210SB6299INT)
2. **04/08/21 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62&version=20210SB6298AMD)
3. **08/30/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62&version=20210SB6297AMD)
4. **09/03/21 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62&version=20210SB6296AMD)
5. **09/27/21 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62&version=20210SB6294CHP)
6. **SB62** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62)
7. **09/14/21 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=202120220SB62&version=20210SB6295ENR)

## Votes

- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **4–0** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- SB 62 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Lorena Gonzalez — **50–19** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB62 Durazo et al. Concurrence — **26–10** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- SB 62 Durazo Senate Third Reading By Lorena Gonzalez Amend By GONZALEZ Set #1 — **54–17** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **8–3** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading SB62 Durazo et al. — **29–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Durazo — primary (person)
- Becker — coauthor (person)
- Bryan — coauthor (person)
- Carrillo — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez — coauthor (person)
- Hertzberg — coauthor (person)
- Jones-Sawyer — coauthor (person)
- Kalra — principal coauthor (person)
- Leyva — coauthor (person)
- Lorena Gonzalez — principal coauthor (person)
- Luz Rivas — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-12-07** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2020-12-08** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 7.
- **2021-01-28** Referred to Coms. on L., P.E. & R. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Set for hearing March 22.
- **2021-03-23** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 0. Page 574.) (March 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-25** Set for hearing April 6.
- **2021-04-07** From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 9. Noes 2. Page 685.) (April 6). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2, referral-committee`
- **2021-04-09** Set for hearing April 19.
- **2021-04-20** April 19 hearing: Placed on APPR suspense file.
- **2021-05-14** Set for hearing May 20.
- **2021-05-20** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1181.) (May 20). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-05-24** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 29. Noes 9. Page 1228.) Ordered to the Assembly. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2021-05-28** Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2021-06-09** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 8). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-06-22** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 3.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable, referral-committee`
- **2021-07-14** July 14 set for first hearing. Placed on suspense file.
- **2021-08-26** From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (August 26). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-08-30** Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-08-31** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-1, reading-2`
- **2021-09-03** Assembly Rule 69(d) suspended. (Ayes 59. Noes 18. Page 2780.)
- **2021-09-03** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 54. Noes 17. Page 2787.) `amendment-passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-03** Ordered to third reading.
- **2021-09-08** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 50. Noes 19. Page 2934.) Ordered to the Senate. `passage, reading-1, reading-3`
- **2021-09-10** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2021-09-10** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 10. Page 2635.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `amendment-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-09-17** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1:30 p.m.
- **2021-09-27** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-09-27** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 329, Statutes of 2021. `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c239f1d9-4a09-4325-a059-94fdd5d4a282`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).