republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20112012/sb-459.md

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Bill	Employment: independent contractors.	Existing law prescribes comprehensive requirements relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, and standards for working conditions for the protection of employees applicable to an employment relationship.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20112012	SB 459	California SB 459 (20112012)	bill	Employment: independent contractors.	enacted	Corbett	9	34	11	2011-02-16	2011-10-09	openstates	ocd-bill/c57d8491-368d-4e5f-9fe1-fc9a976ff327	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120SB459	cf45ddbc6e72d412f181d01f44a0f42b56052173a60bed3dfbb486b70a00c77c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California SB 459 (20112012) — Employment: independent contractors.

Existing law prescribes comprehensive requirements relating to minimum wages, overtime compensation, and standards for working conditions for the protection of employees applicable to an employment relationship.

Version chain

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

1. 02/16/11 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 05/27/11 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 07/12/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/15/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
6. 09/02/11 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
7. 10/09/11 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
8. SB459 (committee substitute) — source
9. 09/12/11 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• SB 459 Corbett Senate Third Reading By GATTO — 51–26 (pass) · lower
• SB 459 Corbett Senate Third Reading By GATTO Amend By GATTO Set #1 — 49–26 (pass) · lower
• Placed on Appropriations Suspense file. — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• Do pass. — 12–5 (pass) · lower
• Unfinished Business SB459 Corbett Concurrence — 22–14 (pass) · upper
• Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on Judiciary. — 4–2 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Appropriations. — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended and be re-referred to the Committee on Appropriations. — 6–3 (pass) · lower
• Do pass. — 6–3 (pass) · upper
• 3rd Reading — 24–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass, but re-refer to the Committee on Judiciary. — 5–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Corbett — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2011-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
• 2011-02-17 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 19.
• 2011-02-24 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
• 2011-03-23 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-03-31 Re-referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-04-07 Set for hearing April 13.
• 2011-04-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 643.) (April 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-14 Set for hearing April 26.
• 2011-04-27 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1. Page 765.) (April 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-04-29 Set for hearing May 9.
• 2011-05-09 Placed on APPR. suspense file.
• 2011-05-20 Set for hearing May 26.
• 2011-05-26 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3. Page 1117.) (May 26). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-05-27 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-05-27 Read third time and amended. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-05-27 Ordered to second reading.
• 2011-05-31 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-06-02 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 1274.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-06-02 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
• 2011-06-13 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2011-06-23 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (June 22). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. referral-committee, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-11 From committee: Do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 28). amendment-passage, committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-07-12 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-15 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on APPR. reading-2, reading-1, committee-passage, amendment-passage, referral-committee
• 2011-08-18 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 17). committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
• 2011-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2011-09-02 Read third time and amended. (Ayes 49. Noes 26. Page 2824.) reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-02 Ordered to third reading.
• 2011-09-07 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 51. Noes 26. Page 2988.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2011-09-07 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
• 2011-09-08 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 22. Noes 14. Page 2412.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2011-09-14 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
• 2011-10-09 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2011-10-09 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 706, Statutes of 2011.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c57d8491-368d-4e5f-9fe1-fc9a976ff327. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).