republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20152016/sb-1342.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wages: investigations: subpoenas."
description: "Existing law authorizes the Industrial Welfare Commission to subpoena witnesses. Existing law provides that if a person fails to comply with an order or subpoena of the commission or a witness refuses to testify to any matter regarding which he or she may lawfully be interrogated before any wage board or the commission, it shall be the duty of the superior court to compel obedience in a manner by which such obedience could be compelled in a proceeding pending before the court."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20152016"
identifier: "SB 1342"
citation: "California SB 1342 (20152016)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wages: investigations: subpoenas."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mendoza"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 21
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2016-02-19"
last_action: "2016-07-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf9a4e40-8eb0-485f-82dc-08556c01d99f"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1342"
source_hash: "4f33222bf96e515aae39c1c0196288b5b837c3296a603bf20e8bc1bfa0613585"
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 1342 (20152016) — Wages: investigations: subpoenas.

Existing law authorizes the Industrial Welfare Commission to subpoena witnesses. Existing law provides that if a person fails to comply with an order or subpoena of the commission or a witness refuses to testify to any matter regarding which he or she may lawfully be interrogated before any wage board or the commission, it shall be the duty of the superior court to compel obedience in a manner by which such obedience could be compelled in a proceeding pending before the court.

## Version chain

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

1. **02/19/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1342&version=20150SB134299INT)
2. **04/12/16 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1342&version=20150SB134298AMD)
3. **05/26/16 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1342&version=20150SB134297AMD)
4. **07/25/16 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1342&version=20150SB134295CHP)
5. **SB1342** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1342)
6. **07/05/16 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201520160SB1342&version=20150SB134296ENR)

## Votes

- SB 1342 Mendoza Consent Calendar Second Day — **78–0** (pass) · lower
- Special Consent # — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — **9–0** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **38–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mendoza — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-02-19** Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction`
- **2016-02-22** From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 23.
- **2016-02-22** Read first time. `reading-1`
- **2016-03-03** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-04-12** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-04-14** Set for hearing April 26.
- **2016-04-27** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 0. Page 3701.) (April 26). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-04-28** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-05-02** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 38. Noes 0. Page 3738.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-05-03** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2016-05-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2016-05-26** From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-09** From committee: Do pass. Ordered to consent calendar. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (June 8). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2016-06-13** Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 5403.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2016-06-16** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2016-06-22** Ordered to special consent calendar.
- **2016-06-30** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 4655.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2016-07-13** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2016-07-25** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2016-07-25** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 115, Statutes of 2016.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf9a4e40-8eb0-485f-82dc-08556c01d99f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).