republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/ab-2751.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Agricultural labor relations."
description: "Existing law, the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, grants agricultural employees the right to form and join labor organizations and engage in collective bargaining with respect to wages, terms of employment, and other employment conditions. The act creates the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) ."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "AB 2751"
citation: "California AB 2751 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Agricultural labor relations."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mark Stone"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-02-16"
last_action: "2018-09-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ceb70b29-9566-4e96-8333-b55166d45c5b"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751"
source_hash: "fec6fb505c0980263dc9c59d3ffdc57cabe05a016225c37dd80d8868dc72f1b2"
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 AB 2751 (20172018) — Agricultural labor relations.

Existing law, the Alatorre-Zenovich-Dunlap-Berman Agricultural Labor Relations Act of 1975, grants agricultural employees the right to form and join labor organizations and engage in collective bargaining with respect to wages, terms of employment, and other employment conditions. The act creates the Agricultural Labor Relations Board (ALRB) .

## Version chain

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

1. **02/16/18 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751&version=20170AB275199INT)
2. **03/22/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751&version=20170AB275198AMD)
3. **05/25/18 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751&version=20170AB275197AMD)
4. **08/17/18 - Amended Senate** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751&version=20170AB275196AMD)
5. **09/23/18 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751&version=20170AB275194CHP)
6. **AB2751** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751)
7. **08/31/18 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180AB2751&version=20170AB275195ENR)

## Votes

- AB 2751 STONE Assembly Third Reading — **53–25** (pass) · lower
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **4–1** (pass) · upper
- AB 2751 STONE Concurrence in Senate Amendments — **47–28** (pass) · lower
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass as amended. — **12–4** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · lower
- Do pass as amended — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB2751 Mark Stone By Monning — **22–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Mark Stone — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-16** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2018-02-17** From printer. May be heard in committee March 19.
- **2018-03-22** Referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** 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`
- **2018-04-02** Re-referred to Com. on L. & E. `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (April 18). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-05-02** In committee: Set, first hearing. Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-05-25** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 4.) (May 25). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-05-25** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-05-29** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-05-31** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 5614.) `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-06-04** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2018-06-13** Referred to Com. on L. & I.R. `referral-committee`
- **2018-06-19** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 19). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2018-07-02** In committee: Referred to APPR. suspense file. `referral-committee`
- **2018-08-17** From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (August 16). `amendment-passage, committee-passage, amendment-introduction`
- **2018-08-17** Read second time and amended. Ordered returned to second reading. `reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2`
- **2018-08-20** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 22. Noes 12. Page 5700.). `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2018-08-24** In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 26 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
- **2018-08-29** Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 47. Noes 28. Page 6824.). `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2018-09-07** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 2:30 p.m.
- **2018-09-23** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-09-23** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 718, Statutes of 2018.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ceb70b29-9566-4e96-8333-b55166d45c5b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).