Existing law requires a client employer to share with a labor contractor all civil legal responsibility and civil liability for all workers supplied by that labor contractor for the payment of wages and the failure to obtain valid workers' compensation coverage. Existing law also prohibits a client employer from shifting to the labor contractor legal duties or liabilities under workplace safety provisions with respect to workers provided by the labor contractor. Existing law defines terms for these purposes and authorizes the Labor Commissioner to adopt regulations and rules of practice and procedure necessary to administer and enforce these provisions. Existing law excludes certain types of employers from these provisions, including, but not limited to, a client employer that is not a motor carrier of property based solely on the employer's use of a third-party motor carrier of property with interstate or intrastate operating authority to ship or receive freight, and a client employer that is a motor carrier of property subcontracting with, or otherwise engaging, another motor carrier of property to provide transportation services using its own employees and commercial motor vehicles.
California SB 1402 (20172018) — Labor contracting: customer liability.
Existing law requires a client employer to share with a labor contractor all civil legal responsibility and civil liability for all workers supplied by that labor contractor for the payment of wages and the failure to obtain valid workers' compensation coverage. Existing law also prohibits a client employer from shifting to the labor contractor legal duties or liabilities under workplace safety provisions with respect to workers provided by the labor contractor. Existing law defines terms for these purposes and authorizes the Labor Commissioner to adopt regulations and rules of practice and procedure necessary to administer and enforce these provisions. Existing law excludes certain types of employers from these provisions, including, but not limited to, a client employer that is not a motor carrier of property based solely on the employer's use of a third-party motor carrier of property with interstate or intrastate operating authority to ship or receive freight, and a client employer that is a motor carrier of property subcontracting with, or otherwise engaging, another motor carrier of property to provide transportation services using its own employees and commercial motor vehicles.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
SB 1402 Lara Senate Third Reading By GONZALEZ FLETCHER — 53–26 (pass) · lower
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Judiciary] — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Placed on suspense file — 6–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
Lara — primary (person)
Bradford — coauthor (person)
Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
Thurmond — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2018-02-16 Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction, reading-1
2018-02-20 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 22.
2018-03-08 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-03-22 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-04 Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. referral-committee
2018-04-09 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-04-10 Withdrawn from committee.
2018-04-10 Re-referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2018-04-19 Re-referred to Coms. on JUD. and L. & I.R. referral-committee
2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 24.
2018-04-20 Set for hearing April 25 in L. & I.R. pending receipt.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 4. Noes 2. Page 4816.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-25 April 24 set for first hearing. Reconsideration of favorable vote granted.
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on L. & I.R. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4816.) (April 24). Re-referred to Com. on L. & I.R. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-25 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1. Page 4817.) (April 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-04-27 Set for hearing May 7.
2018-05-07 May 7 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-05-18 Set for hearing May 25.
2018-05-25 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 4310.) (May 25). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-05-25 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-05-29 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-05-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 24. Noes 12. Page 4315.) Ordered to the Assembly. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-05-31 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2018-06-14 Referred to Coms. on L. & E. and JUD. referral-committee
2018-06-21 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on JUD. (Ayes 5. Noes 2.) (June 20). Re-referred to Com. on JUD. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-06-21 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on JUD. reading-2, referral-committee, amendment-passage, committee-passage, reading-1
2018-06-26 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 26). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2018-08-08 August 8 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
2018-08-16 From committee: Do pass as amended. (Ayes 12. Noes 5.) (August 16). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, amendment-passage
2018-08-20 Read second time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-1, amendment-passage, reading-2
2018-08-21 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
2018-08-30 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 53. Noes 26. Page 6974.) Ordered to the Senate. reading-3, passage, reading-1
2018-08-30 In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
2018-08-31 Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 26. Noes 12. Page 6134.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
2018-09-12 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 5 p.m.
2018-09-22 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2018-09-22 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 702, Statutes of 2018.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/002bc972-da66-480b-b9b2-baeff28da3f8. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).