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Bill	Labor-related liabilities: original contractor.	Under existing law, an action may be brought for nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20172018	AB 1701	California AB 1701 (20172018)	bill	Labor-related liabilities: original contractor.	enacted	Thurmond	8	27	6	2017-02-28	2017-10-14	openstates	ocd-bill/c37c99f9-4908-4952-91ef-79b8e8eb903c	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB1701	0844698c7e4bdafdeec99fa8ac36c4ea998d2a360c4c060891eeee8d0f640f7c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 1701 (20172018) — Labor-related liabilities: original contractor.

Under existing law, an action may be brought for nonpayment of wages, fringe benefits, or health and welfare or pension fund contributions.

Version chain

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

1. 02/28/17 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 03/23/17 - Amended Assembly (committee substitute) — source
3. 07/10/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 08/22/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 08/28/17 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
6. 10/14/17 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
7. AB1701 (committee substitute) — source
8. 09/15/17 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• AB 1701 THURMOND Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 62–15 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 3–1 (pass) · upper
• AB 1701 THURMOND Assembly Third Reading — 52–19 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB1701 Thurmond et al. By Bradford — 25–12 (pass) · upper
• Do pass as amended, but first amend, and re-refer to the Committee on [Rules] — 4–2 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Thurmond — primary (person)
• Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-28 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2017-03-01 From printer. May be heard in committee March 31.
• 2017-03-23 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2017-03-23 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
• 2017-03-27 Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
• 2017-05-03 Coauthors revised.
• 2017-05-03 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (May 3). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2017-05-04 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 52. Noes 19. Page 1480.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-05-11 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2017-05-24 Referred to Coms. on L. & I.R. and JUD. referral-committee
• 2017-06-01 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2017-06-28 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 3. Noes 1.) (June 28). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2017-07-10 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on JUD. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-21 From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended and re-refer to Com. on RLS. (Ayes 4. Noes 2.) (July 18). amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-22 Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, reading-2, referral-committee, reading-1
• 2017-08-28 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on RLS. amendment-passage, referral-committee, reading-2, reading-1, amendment-introduction
• 2017-09-01 Withdrawn from committee.
• 2017-09-01 Ordered to second reading.
• 2017-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2017-09-06 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 25. Noes 12. Page 2505.). reading-3, passage, reading-1
• 2017-09-12 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 14 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2017-09-13 Assembly Rule 77(a) suspended. (Page 3254.)
• 2017-09-13 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 62. Noes 15. Page 3334.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2017-09-20 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2017-10-14 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-10-14 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 804, Statutes of 2017.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c37c99f9-4908-4952-91ef-79b8e8eb903c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).