Existing law provides that the Labor Commissioner may, upon request, represent a claimant who is financially unable to represent themselves in a hearing where an employer is appealing an order of the commissioner. Existing law also provides that if the claimant is attempting to uphold the amount awarded by the commissioner and is not objecting to any part of the final order, the commissioner is required to represent the claimant.
Existing law provides that the Labor Commissioner may, upon request, represent a claimant who is financially unable to represent themselves in a hearing where an employer is appealing an order of the commissioner. Existing law also provides that if the claimant is attempting to uphold the amount awarded by the commissioner and is not objecting to any part of the final order, the commissioner is required to represent the claimant.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Do pass and be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 6–1 (pass) · lower
Do pass, but first be re-referred to the Committee on [Appropriations] — 4–0 (pass) · upper
3rd Reading — 31–7 (pass) · upper
SB 1384 Monning Senate Third Reading By Luz Rivas — 61–12 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
Monning — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2020-02-21 Introduced. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. To print. introduction
2020-02-24 From printer. May be acted upon on or after March 25.
2020-02-24 Read first time. reading-1
2020-03-12 Referred to Com. on RLS. referral-committee
2020-03-25 From committee with author's amendments. Read second time and amended. Re-referred to Com. on RLS. reading-1, reading-2, amendment-passage, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-05-08 Set for hearing May 14 in L., P.E. & R. pending receipt.
2020-05-11 Re-referred to Com. on L., P.E. & R. referral-committee
2020-05-18 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 0.) (May 14). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-05-26 Set for hearing June 1.
2020-05-28 June 1 hearing postponed by committee.
2020-06-03 Set for hearing June 9.
2020-06-08 From committee: Be ordered to second reading pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8. committee-passage, reading-2
2020-06-09 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-06-22 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 31. Noes 7. Page 3796.) Ordered to the Assembly. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-06-22 In Assembly. Read first time. Held at Desk. reading-1
2020-06-29 Referred to Com. on L. & E. referral-committee
2020-07-30 From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 1.) (July 29). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage, referral-committee
2020-08-11 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 13. Noes 4.) (August 11). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
2020-08-12 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-1, reading-2
2020-08-24 Read third time. Passed. (Ayes 61. Noes 12. Page 5172.) Ordered to the Senate. passage, reading-3, reading-1
2020-08-24 In Senate. Ordered to engrossing and enrolling.
2020-08-24 (Corrected August 26).
2020-09-01 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 1 p.m.
2020-09-28 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
2020-09-28 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 239, Statutes of 2020.
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d11a3fa0-e921-4dc5-9d27-fc606f0b0438. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).