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Bill Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor. Existing law requires, for all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018, a direct contractor, as defined, making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building, structure, or other work, to assume, and be liable for, specified debt owed to a wage claimant that is incurred by a subcontractor, at any tier, acting under, by, or for the direct contractor for the wage claimant's performance of labor included in the subject of the original contract. Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to bring an action under specified statutes or in a civil action to enforce this liability, and authorizes a 3rd party owed fringe or other benefits, or a joint labor-management cooperation committee, as defined, to bring a civil action to enforce the liability against a direct contractor under these provisions, as specified. Existing law provides that the obligations and remedies under these provisions are in addition to any obligations and remedies otherwise provided by law, except that the provisions are not to be construed to impose liability on a direct contractor for anything other than unpaid wages and fringe or other benefit payments or contributions, including interest owed. us/states/ca California Legislature 20172018 AB 1565 California AB 1565 (20172018)
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California AB 1565 (20172018) — Labor-related liabilities: direct contractor.

Existing law requires, for all contracts entered into on or after January 1, 2018, a direct contractor, as defined, making or taking a contract in the state for the erection, construction, alteration, or repair of a building, structure, or other work, to assume, and be liable for, specified debt owed to a wage claimant that is incurred by a subcontractor, at any tier, acting under, by, or for the direct contractor for the wage claimant's performance of labor included in the subject of the original contract. Existing law authorizes the Labor Commissioner to bring an action under specified statutes or in a civil action to enforce this liability, and authorizes a 3rd party owed fringe or other benefits, or a joint labor-management cooperation committee, as defined, to bring a civil action to enforce the liability against a direct contractor under these provisions, as specified. Existing law provides that the obligations and remedies under these provisions are in addition to any obligations and remedies otherwise provided by law, except that the provisions are not to be construed to impose liability on a direct contractor for anything other than unpaid wages and fringe or other benefit payments or contributions, including interest owed.

Version chain

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

  1. 02/17/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
  2. 01/12/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  3. 03/28/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  4. 05/22/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
  5. 05/24/18 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
  6. 09/19/18 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
  7. AB1565 (committee substitute) — source
  8. 08/29/18 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

  • AB 1565 THURMOND Concurrence - Urgency Added — 790 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 31 (pass) · upper
  • Consent Calendar (Urgency Clause) — 370 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 52 (pass) · lower
  • AB 1565 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — 4327 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] with the recommendation: To Consent Calendar — 50 (pass) · upper
  • With recommendation: That Senate amendments be concurred in. — 70 (pass) · lower
  • Do pass and be ordered to the Consent Calendar — 70 (pass) · upper
  • Do pass. — 116 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Thurmond — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-17 Read first time. To print. reading-1
  • 2017-02-19 From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.
  • 2017-03-27 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
  • 2017-03-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on L. & E. Read second time and amended. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-03-29 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
  • 2017-04-20 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-05-10 Coauthors revised.
  • 2017-05-10 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 6.) (May 10). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2017-05-11 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-05-22 Read third time and amended. Ordered to third reading. (Page 1652.) amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
  • 2017-05-30 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 43. Noes 27. Page 1846.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2017-05-30 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
  • 2017-06-08 Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
  • 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2017-07-10 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
  • 2017-07-17 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
  • 2017-07-18 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2017-09-16 Ordered to inactive file at the request of Senator McGuire.
  • 2018-01-12 From inactive file.
  • 2018-01-12 Ordered to second reading.
  • 2018-01-12 Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
  • 2018-01-16 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-01-16 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. pursuant to Senate Rule 29.10(c). referral-committee
  • 2018-01-24 Re-referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
  • 2018-05-24 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
  • 2018-06-13 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. with recommendation: To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 5. Noes 0.) (June 13). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2018-07-03 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (July 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
  • 2018-07-05 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
  • 2018-08-13 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5277.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
  • 2018-08-14 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 16 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
  • 2018-08-16 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
  • 2018-08-20 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 6330.)
  • 2018-08-22 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 22). committee-passage
  • 2018-08-27 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 79. Noes 0. Page 6652.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
  • 2018-09-04 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 3 p.m.
  • 2018-09-19 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-09-19 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 528, Statutes of 2018.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/48edf0cc-2bb1-4fb7-b4fb-5dc1be7bee07. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).