Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law generally requires an employer to secure the payment of compensation, as specified, and makes it a misdemeanor to fail to secure the payment of compensation by one who knew, or should be reasonably expected to have known, of the obligation to secure the payment of compensation, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year, a specified fine of not less than $10,000, or both. Existing law, except as specified, generally requires that prosecution for an offense not punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison, as specified, be commenced within one year after commission of the offense.
California AB 2705 (20172018) — Contractors: violations.
Existing law establishes a workers' compensation system to compensate an employee for injuries sustained in the course of employment. Existing law generally requires an employer to secure the payment of compensation, as specified, and makes it a misdemeanor to fail to secure the payment of compensation by one who knew, or should be reasonably expected to have known, of the obligation to secure the payment of compensation, punishable by imprisonment in the county jail for up to one year, a specified fine of not less than $10,000, or both. Existing law, except as specified, generally requires that prosecution for an offense not punishable by death or imprisonment in the state prison, as specified, be commenced within one year after commission of the offense.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 8–0 (pass) · upper
AB 2705 HOLDEN Consent Calendar Second Day — 71–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 16–0 (pass) · lower
AB 2705 HOLDEN Concurrence in Senate Amendments — 80–0 (pass) · lower
Do pass. To Consent Calendar. — 15–0 (pass) · lower
3rd Reading AB2705 Holden By Hill — 37–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Holden — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-15 Read first time. To print. reading-1
2018-02-16 From printer. May be heard in committee March 18.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on B. & P. referral-committee
2018-04-03 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (April 3). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-11 From committee: Do pass. To Consent Calendar. (Ayes 15. Noes 0.) (April 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2018-04-12 Read second time. Ordered to Consent Calendar. reading-2, reading-1
2018-04-19 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 71. Noes 0. Page 4791.) reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-04-19 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
2018-05-03 Referred to Com. on B., P. & E.D. referral-committee
2018-06-11 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (June 11). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-25 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2018-06-26 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-07 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1
2018-08-08 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-13 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 5290.). 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.
2018-08-20 Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 80. Noes 0. Page 6375.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-08-24 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
2018-09-10 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-10 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 323, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14afcac3-bae7-4c67-8e91-2ef7a7d856c1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).