republic-os/legislation/us/states/ca/20172018/sb-29.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law enforcement: immigration."
description: "Existing law generally regulates formation and enforcement of contracts, including what constitutes an unlawful contract. Under existing law, a contract is unlawful if it is contrary to an express provision of law, contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or otherwise contrary to good morals."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20172018"
identifier: "SB 29"
citation: "California SB 29 (20172018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law enforcement: immigration."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lara"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 26
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2016-12-05"
last_action: "2017-10-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0b9ecda1-680a-40c1-8634-36e3e3d9bb1c"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB29"
source_hash: "6d8b6642558c8f9af3520fbf64154ad0b010192c9d9e17eedf46e62a61d744fe"
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 SB 29 (20172018) — Law enforcement: immigration.

Existing law generally regulates formation and enforcement of contracts, including what constitutes an unlawful contract. Under existing law, a contract is unlawful if it is contrary to an express provision of law, contrary to the policy of express law, though not expressly prohibited, or otherwise contrary to good morals.

## Version chain

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

1. **12/05/16 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB29&version=20170SB2999INT)
2. **09/08/17 - Amended Assembly** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB29&version=20170SB2998AMD)
3. **10/05/17 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB29&version=20170SB2996CHP)
4. **SB29** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB29)
5. **09/15/17 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201720180SB29&version=20170SB2997ENR)

## Votes

- SB 29 Lara Senate Third Reading By REYES Amendment Set #1 — **52–24** (pass) · lower
- Do pass — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **11–5** (pass) · lower
- Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **7–2** (pass) · lower
- Unfinished Business SB29 Lara et al. Concurrence — **27–13** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading — **26–13** (pass) · upper
- Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — **5–2** (pass) · upper
- Placed on suspense file — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SB 29 Lara Senate Third Reading By REYES — **52–24** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lara — primary (person)
- Gipson — coauthor (person)
- Gonzalez Fletcher — coauthor (person)
- Skinner — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2016-12-05** Introduced. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2016-12-06** From printer. May be acted upon on or after January 5.
- **2017-01-12** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-14** Set for hearing March 28.
- **2017-03-29** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 538.) (March 28). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-04-05** Set for hearing April 17.
- **2017-04-17** April 17 hearing: Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-05-19** Set for hearing May 25.
- **2017-05-25** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 2. Page 1176.) (May 25). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-05-26** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-05-30** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 26. Noes 13. Page 1276.) Ordered to the Assembly. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-05-31** In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. `reading-1`
- **2017-06-08** Referred to Com. on JUD. `referral-committee`
- **2017-06-28** From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 7. Noes 2.) (June 27). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2017-07-19** July 19 set for first hearing. Placed on APPR. suspense file.
- **2017-09-01** Coauthors revised.
- **2017-09-01** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 11. Noes 5.) (September 1). `committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage`
- **2017-09-05** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Read third time and amended. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 3072.) `amendment-passage, reading-3, reading-1`
- **2017-09-08** Ordered to third reading.
- **2017-09-11** Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 52. Noes 24. Page 3170.) Ordered to the Senate. `reading-3, passage, reading-1`
- **2017-09-11** In Senate. Concurrence in Assembly amendments pending.
- **2017-09-13** Assembly amendments concurred in. (Ayes 27. Noes 13. Page 2846.) Ordered to engrossing and enrolling. `committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage`
- **2017-09-19** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4 p.m.
- **2017-10-05** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-10-05** Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 494, Statutes of 2017.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0b9ecda1-680a-40c1-8634-36e3e3d9bb1c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).